Books by Greg Ip

Greg Ip presented his new book Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe at Mercatus/GMU, with an emphasis on financial crises and a bit on forest fires too.  I was the moderator, and the commentators were Alex J. Pollock and Jared Bernstein.

The subtitle is How the Economy Works in the Real World and the author is Greg Ip , one of the best and most renowned economics journalists.  This is a very good book for someone who wants to start reading The Economist , or other forms of economics news, but doesn't have enough background knowledge of the real world economy.