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Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Dont See Them Coming by Gary B. Gorton is an economics and finance book that examines why modern financial crises are so often misread before they happen. Drawing on financial history, banking theory, and the structure of money markets, Gorton argues that crises are not random disasters caused by a one-time coincidence of bad luck, but recurring features of systems built on short-term liabilities and fragile confidence. The book is especially focused on the United States, contrasting the long Quiet Period from 1934 to 2007 with the panic of 2007 to 2008 to show that absence of visible crises did not mean absence of systemic risk. Rather than treating financial collapse as an anomaly, Gorton explains it as the predictable result of innovation, leverage, opacity, and inadequate regulation. The book is aimed at readers who want a serious, historically grounded account of how financial systems become unstable and why experts so often fail to recognize the warning signs.