| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012039342 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781451672480 (trade) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1451672489 (trade) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
332.1/0973 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Bair, Sheila. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Bull by the horns : |
| Subtitle |
fighting to save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from itself / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Sheila Bair. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
1st Free Press hardcover ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Publisher |
Free Press, |
| Date |
2012. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
viii, 415 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| 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 thing 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 |
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| 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 ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Banks and banking |
| General |
Government policy |
| Form |
United States |
| General |
History |
| Chronological |
21st century. |
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| Topical Heading |
Banks and banking |
| Form |
United States |
| General |
Government policy |
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History. |
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| Topical Heading |
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. |
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| Topical Heading |
Economic policy |
| Form |
United States. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/by5s136tzpldve1nb6pq1lp34ssidrh2 |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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