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Author Madrick, Jeff, 1947-

Title Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present / Jeff Madrick.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  330.973 MADRICK    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  330.973 MADRICK    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  330 MAD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.973 MADRICK    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  330.973 MADRICK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.973 M26    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  330.973 M183A    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description xi, 464 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-442) and index.
Contents Revolution -- Prologue: Lewis Uhler, believer -- Walter Wriston, regulatory revolt -- Milton Friedman, proselytizer -- Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns, political expediency -- Joe Flom, the hostile takeover and its consequences -- Ivan Boesky, wanting it all -- Walter Wriston II, bailing out Citibank -- Ronald Reagan, the making of an ideology -- Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steve Ross, size becomes strategy -- Jimmy Carter, capitulation -- Howard Jarvis and Jack Kemp, tapping the anger -- Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, revolution completed -- The new guard -- Tom Peters and Jack Welch, promises broken -- Michael Milken, "the magnificent" -- Alan Greenspan, ideologue -- George Soros and John Meriwether, fabulous wealth and controversial power -- Sandy Weill, king of the world -- Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill, decade of deceit -- Angelo Mozilo, the American tragedy -- Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince, collapse -- Epilogue.
Summary A chronicle of the events that led to the current economic troubles cites the promotion of the idea that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns, and traces the roles played by a few powerful individuals.
Subject Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Financial crises -- United States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
ISBN 9781400041718: $30.00
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