Barry Ritholtz with Aaron Task. creator Task, Aaron. Hoboken, N.J John Wiley & Sons c2009 xx, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. Barry Ritholtz with Aaron Task. Includes index. 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 332.10973 9780470520383 (cloth) 2009015531 20170207154054.0