Introduction / by Alan S. Blinder, Andrew W. Lo, and Robert M. Solow -- Rethinking macroeconomics and finance -- Some reflections on the crisis and the policy response / Ben S. Bernanke -- This time, it is not different : the persistent concerns of financial macroeconomics / J. Bradford DeLong -- Credit supply shocks and economic activity in a financial accelerator model / Simon Gilchrist and Egon Zakrajek -- Rethinking market efficiency -- The efficient-market hypothesis and the financial crisis / Burton G. Malkiel -- Behavioral finance in the financial crisis : market efficiency, Minsky, and Keynes / Hersh Shefrin and Meir Statman -- Why did so many people make so many ex post bad decisions? : the causes of the foreclosure crisis / Christopher L. Foote, Kristopher S. Gerardi, and Paul S. Willen -- Rethinking financial innovation -- Finance versus Wal-Mart : why are financial services so expensive? / Thomas Philippon -- The role of ABS, CDS, and CDOs in the credit crisis and the economy / Robert A. Jarrow -- Ratings, mortgage securitizations, and the apparent creation of value / John Hull and Alan White -- Shadow finance / Patrick Bolton, Tano Santos, and Jose Scheinkman -- Rethinking financial regulation -- The political economy of financial regulation after the crisis / Robert E. Litan -- Pay, politics, and the financial crisis / Kevin J. Murphy -- Index.