“Mr. Minsky long argued markets were crisis prone. His 'moment' has arrived.” - The Wall Street Journal In his seminal work, Minsky presents his groundbreaking financial theory of investment, one that is startlingly relevant today. He explains why the American economy has experienced periods of debilitating inflation, rising unemployment, and marked slowdowns-and why the economy is now undergoing a credit crisis that he foresaw. Stabilizing an Unstable Economy covers: The natural inclination of complex, capitalist economies toward instability Booms and busts as unavoidable results of high-risk lending practices “Speculative finance” and its effect on investment and asset prices Government's role in bolstering consumption during times of high unemployment The need to increase Federal Reserve oversight of banks Henry Kaufman, president, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc., places Minsky's prescient ideas in the context of today's financial markets and institutions in a fascinating new preface. Two of Minsky's colleagues, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Ph.D. and president, The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, and L. Randall Wray, Ph.D. and a senior scholar at the Institute, also weigh in on Minsky's present relevance in today's economic scene in a new introduction. A surge of interest in and respect for Hyman Minsky's ideas pervades Wall Street, as top economic thinkers and financial writers have started using the phrase “Minsky moment” to describe America's turbulent economy. There has never been a more appropriate time to read this classic of economic theory.

《稳定不稳定的经济:一种金融不稳定视角》内容简介：经济学家们将此次金融危机定位为二战以来最具破坏性的金融危机，它肆无忌惮地吞噬着人类的财富。对于危机的成因，人们多将矛头指向诸如华尔街的鼓噪、格林斯潘长期积极货币政策造成的流动性泛滥以及风险意识逐渐淡漠等，然而这些都不足以令人信服。美国经济学家明斯基对此早有鞭辟入里的分析和精准的预测。
明斯基是一位非主流经济学家，他早年研读过马克思的相关理论，对当今的经济秩序秉持批判态度。在《稳定不稳定的经济:一种金融不稳定视角》中，他对金融体系的内在不稳定性导致经济周期波动的动态过程进行了很好的刻画，深入分析了经济泡沫发生的一般模型，经济泡沫由开始到最后破裂大致可分为五个时期：正向冲击(displacement)、乐观的繁荣(boom)、非理性疯狂(euphoria)、获利抛售(profit-taking)及大恐慌(panic)。明斯基认为长期的快速增长、低通胀、低利率和宏观经济稳定会滋生出自满情绪和更强的承担风险的意愿。
稳定必将带来不稳定!