Bailout nation : how greed and easy money corrupted Wall Street and shook the world economy (E-Book)
Barry Ritholtz with Aaron Task.
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
- xx, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
A brief history of bailouts -- The creation of the Federal Reserve, and its role in creating our bailout nation -- Pre-bailout nation : (1860-1942) -- Industrial-era bailouts (1971-1995) -- Stock market bailouts, 1987-1995 -- The irrational exuberance era (1996-1999) -- The tech wreck, 2000-2003 -- The backwards, rate-driven economy -- The mad scramble for yield -- The machinery of subprime -- A memo found in the street : Uncle Sam the enabler.
9780470520383 (cloth)
2009015531
Bailouts (Government policy) Finance--Government policy--United States. Financial crises--United States. Intervention (Federal government)
Bailout nation : how greed and easy money corrupted Wall Street and shook the world economy (E-Book)--Economic policy--2001-2009. United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.