The lost bank : the story of Washington Mutual--the biggest bank failure in American history /
By: Grind, Kirsten
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BookPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2012.Description: viii, 389 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781451617924 (trade); 9781451617931 (pbk.); 1451617925; 1451617933Subject(s): Savings and loan association failures -- United States -- History | Bank failures -- United States -- History | Savings and loan associations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History | Banks and banking -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History | Savings and loan association -- United States -- History | Bank failures -- United States -- History | Savings and loan associations -- Seattle (Wash.) -- History | Banks and banking -- Seattle (Wash.) -- Seattle -- HistoryDDC classification: 332.3/2/0973 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Presents an account of how and why Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billians of dollers, suffered a crippling bank run and discusses how this affected the financial crises in the United States.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 332.320973 GR LO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0046030 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-367) and index.
Prologue: out of time -- Friend of the family -- Remove the corporate jets -- The power of yes -- Alexander the Great -- The dark side -- The growing trouble -- Scenes from the Great Depression -- Project West -- The final hours -- Epilogue: 'Barely a blip'.
Presents an account of how and why Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billians of dollers, suffered a crippling bank run and discusses how this affected the financial crises in the United States.
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