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

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  • Author: Johnson, Simon
    Contributor: Alex (Apple Synthetic); Kwak, James
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    2010
    Summary:

    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.

    Contents:
    • Jefferson's warning
    • Faraway crises
    • The transformation of Wall Street
    • How Wall Street took over
    • What Wall Street got
    • Nine bankers
    • Six banks.
    Subject(s): Bank failures | Banks and banking | Finance | Financial crises | United States
    Original Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780307379054