13 bankers : the Wall Street takeover and the next financial meltdown

13 bankers : the Wall Street takeover and the next financial meltdown /

Johnson and Kwak examine not only how Wall Street's ideology, wealth, and political power among policy makers in Washington led to the financial debacle of 2008, but also what the lessons learned portend for the future.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Simon, 1963-
Other Authors: Kwak, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2010]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Banks and banking > United States.
Bank failures > United States.
Finance > United States.
Financial crises > United States.
Banks and banking.
Bank failures.
Finance.
Financial crises.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 13 bankers
  • Thomas Jefferson and the financial aristocracy
  • Other people's oligarchs
  • Wall street rising: 1980-
  • "Greed is good": the takeover
  • The best deal ever
  • Too big to fail
  • The American oligarchy: six banks.

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