The Economists Voice 2.0

Part I: Health Care Reform1 The Health Care Reform Legislation: An Overview, by Chapin White2 The Simple Economics of Health Reform, by David M. Cutler3 The Economics, Opportunities, and Challenges of Health Insurance Exchanges, by Mark G. Duggan and Robert Kocher4 Can the ACA Improve Population Health?, by Dana P. Goldman and Darius N. Lakdawalla5 Systemic Reform of Health Care Delivery and Payment, by Henry J. Aaron6 How Stable Are Insurance Subsidies in Health Reform?, by Mark V. PaulyPart II: Financial Market Regulatory Reform7 Financial Regulatory Reform: The Politics of Denial, by Richard A. Posner8 Government Guarantees: Why the Genie Needs to Be Put Back in the Bottle, by Viral V. Acharya and Matthew Richardson9 How Little We Know: The Challenges of Financial Reform, by Russell Roberts10 Finding the Sweet Spot for Effective Regulation, by R. Glenn Hubbard11 A Recipe for Ratings Reform, by Charles W. Calomiris12 Should Banker Pay Be Regulated, by Steven N. Kaplan13 Fixing Bankers' Pay, by Lucian A. Bebchuk14 It Works for Mergers, by Aaron S. Edlin and Richard J. GilbertPart III: Financial Crisis and Bailouts15 Hedge Fund Wizards, by Dean P. Foster and H. Peyton Young16 Investment Banking Regulation After Bear Stearns, by Dwight M. Jaffee and Mark Perlow17 Why Paulson Is Wrong, by Luigi Zingales18 Dr. StrangeLoan: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Financial Collapse, by Aaron S. Edlin19 Questioning the Treasury's $700 Billion Blank Check: An Open Letter to Secretary Paulson, by Aaron S. Edlin20 Auction Design Critical for Rescue Plan, by Lawrence M. Ausubel and Peter Cramton21 A Better Plan for Addressing the Financial Crisis, by Lucian A. Bebchuk22 Please Think This Over, by Edward E. Leamer23 Is Macroeconomics Off Track?, by Casey B. Mulligan24 If It Were a Fight, by Robert J. Barbera25 Comment on Barbera: Your Gift Will Make You Rich, by Casey B. MulliganPart IV: Innovations in Policy and Business26 Pension Security Bonds: A New Plan to

Aaron S. Edlin is the Richard W. Jennings Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds professorships in both economics and law. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Formerly, he was the senior economist covering regulation, antitrust, and industrial organization on the President's Council of Economic Advisors. Joseph E. Stiglitz is a professor at Columbia University and former chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank. Among his books are Escaping the Resource Curse and Globalization and Its Discontents, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. With Aaron S. Edlin and J. Bradford DeLong, he is the coeditor of The Economists Voice: Top Economists Take On Todays Problems.

An appealing and relevant book for all readers; don't judge it by its cover! Library Journal June 1, 2012 should be considered mandatory reading for economics studies, professionals, corporate and governmental policy makers, and non-specialist general readers... The Midwest Book Review 8/1/2012