Books and Monographs

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A wooden deck at Leen's Lodge in Maine, overlooking lake, with two chairs and a flowerbox on the railing.

Books and Monographs

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Kotok has authored or co-authored five books and three monograph pamphlets:

Kotok’s fifth book, The Fed and the Flu: Parsing Pandemic Economic Shocks (ISBN 979-8-9893625-0-9), co-authored with Michael R. Englund, Tristan J. Erwin, and Elizabeth J. Sweet, is available in hardback, paperback, and all ebook formats: https://www.thefedandtheflu.com/ 

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Adventures in Muniland

(ISBN: 978-0-9853447-4-0)

Lessons from Thucydides“, which details information asymmetries and their implications for investors and world affairs.

(ISBN: 978-1-7325946-1-6)

Zika“, a work which compiles Kotok’s research, interviews, and personal experience concerning the Zika virus and its potential for serious damage in the way of health and monetary costs.

(ISBN: 978-1-7325946-3-0)


From Bear to Bull with ETFs (ISBN: 978-0-9853447-2-6)

From Bear to Bull with ETFs Second Edition (ISBN: 978-0-9853447-3-3)

Invest in Europe Now (ISBN: 978-0-4705470-1-4)


Yield Curve Control“, telling of the story of the ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) and NIRP (negative interest rate policy) experience and exploring central banks’ use of yield curve control to manage interest rates: