Remembering Camelot: Recent Adventures in Economy, Law and Politics

John Henry Schlegel

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“John Henry Schlegel, (2012), Remembering Camelot: Recent Adventures in Economy, Law and Politics, World Economics Association (WEA) Conferences, No. 3 2012, Rethinking Financial Markets, 1st November to 31st December, 2012”

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Abstract

After the Post-War Economy in America fell apart, Americans tried to fashion a replacement for it. Evaluation of that effort has been heavily influenced by American’s understanding of the earlier economy. By this standard the failure of attempts to build that successor economy, even one based on financial services, are obvious. As these attempts continue more attention should be paid to the social successes that anchored that earlier economy.

Keywords: Financial institutions, History, Middle Classes, Post-War Economy, Recent history and the art of the possible, Sarbanes-Oxley, Savings and Loan Crisis, Sub-Prime Crisis, The Great Inflation, The Great Moderation