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The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets
Written by Thomas Philippon
Narrated by Walter Dixon
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A leading financial economist argues that many key problems of the American economy are due not to the flaws of capitalism but to the concentration of corporate power.
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Thomas Philippon
Thomas Philippon is a professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Serving as the Scientific Committee Director and as a board member of the French Prudential Regulator, he is charged with preserving the stability of the French financial system and previously served as the Senior Economic Advisor to the French Finance Minister.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very insightful, many things I knew but didn’t have such deep explanation to see it through