1980–2008: The illusion of the perpetual money machine and what it bodes for the future

Risks

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-131

  Sornette, Didier ^a,b   Cauwels, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FINANCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Financial bubbles; Financial crises; Financialization; Monetary policy; Productivity; Systemic risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905818485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/risks2020103     Document Type: Article

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