| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
viii, 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-388) and index. |
| Contents |
The golden age of banking -- Turning the titanic -- The fight over Basel II -- The skunk at the garden party -- Subprime is "contained" -- Stepping over a dollar to pick up a nickel : helping home owners, round one -- The audacity of that woman -- The Wachovia blindside -- Bailing out the boneheads -- Doubling down on Citi : bailout number two -- Helping home owners, round two -- Obama's election : the more things change-- -- Helping home owners, round three -- The $100 billion club -- The care and feeding of Citigroup : bailout number three -- Finally saying no -- Never again -- It's all about the compensation -- The Senate's Orwellian debate -- Dodd-Frank implementation : the final stretch (or so I thought) -- Robo-signing erupts -- The return to Basel -- Too small to save -- Squinting in the public spotlight -- Farewell to the FDIC -- How Main Street can tame Wall Street -- It could have been different. |
| Summary |
The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression. |
| Subject |
Subprime mortgage loans -- United States.
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Subprime mortgage loans -- Government policy -- United States.
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Financial crises -- United States.
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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Stock exchanges -- United States.
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Bair, Sheila.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
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| ISBN |
9781451672480 print $26.00 |
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1451672489 print |
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