Iran War Fuels Fears Over Economic Safety Net: Supply Lines
The economist Carmen Reinhart has made a career out of studying the causes of economic crises and the responses to them. Her most famous book, published in 2009 with co-author Ken Rogoff, dove into what they called “eight centuries of financial folly” across 66 countries and five continents and identified predictable patterns. Its title – This Time is Different – mocked the speculators, politicians and pundits pushing the idea that any moment in history can defy economic gravity.
