"Alex J. Pollock isn't angry about the financial panic that erupted in 2008 and knocked the U.S. economy into the worst slump since the 1930s. Mr. Pollock, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a former banker, isn't even looking for someone to blame. In Boom and Bust, he swiftly identifies the villain―a familiar, sometimes endearing and invariably roguish character known as human nature."
— The Wall Street Journal
"Provides some basics on financial cycles."
— World Magazine