{"product_id":"9781118011331","title":"Jimmy Stewart Is Dead Ending the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking","description":"\u003ch1\u003eJimmy Stewart Is Dead\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEnding the World's Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLaurence J. Kotlikoff\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDiscover how the global financial plague is poised to return, and what can be done to stop it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is not your father's financial system. Jimmy Stewart, the trustworthy, honest banker in the movie, It's a Wonderful Life, is dead. And so is his small-town bank, Bailey Savings \u0026amp; Loan. Instead, we're watching It's a Horrible Mess with Wall Street (aka the Vegas Strip) playing ever larger craps with our economy and our tax dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, written by one of the world's most respected economist, describes in lively, humorous, simple, but also deadly serious terms the big con underlying the big game?the web of interconnected financial, political, and regulatory malfeasance that culminated in financial meltdown and brought us to our economic knees. But it also proposes an amazingly simply solution?Limited Purpose Banking to make Wall Street safe for Main Street.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis book, as well as the financial fix described within it, have received rave reviews from a veritable who's who of policymakers and economics, plus five economics Nobel Laureates\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by a leading economist whose insights on this topic are unparalleled\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines the first and only proposal to fundamentally fix our financial disaster for good\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJimmy Stewart Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e will fundamentally change the way you think about the economy, financial markets, and the government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eLAURENCE J. KOTLIKOFF\u003c\/b\u003e is a William Fairfield Warren Professor of Economics at Boston University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and former Senior Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers. Coauthor of The \u003ci\u003eComing Generational Storm and Spend 'Til the End\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Healthcare Fix\u003c\/i\u003e, and Bloomberg columnist, Kotlikoff publishes extensively in the nation's leading newspapers, magazines, and financial websites on financial reform, taxes, saving, growth, deficits, Social Security, healthcare, pensions, and personal finance.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 March 2011\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118011331\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315722645644,"sku":"9781118011331","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118011331.jpg?v=1780109403","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118011331","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}