Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics

Opinions and Experiences

Volume 9 # 2 (Year 2008)

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Articles in this section of this issue were submitted in response to an open invitation for pieces on the 2008 financial crisis. I would like to thank the authors for their timely submissions, and the referees for quick turnarounds. I did my best to get submissions published in 2008, but in the 9 weeks from the invitation until the end of the year, only these two reached closure. Look for more in the next volume!

David Tufte
Editor

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1. Understanding the Financial Crisis: The Unintended Consequences of Mark-to-Market Accounting
   Clark L. Maxam, University of Idaho
    
2. Have We Learned Anything?
   Leonard Gaston, Central State University