Bull by the horns : fighting to save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from itself /
By: Bair, Sheila
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BookPublisher: New York : Free Press, 2012.Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.Description: viii, 415 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781451672480 (trade); 1451672489 (trade)Subject(s): Banks and banking -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Banks and banking -- United States -- Government policy -- History | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Economic policy -- United StatesDDC classification: 332.1/0973 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 332.10973 BA BU (Browse shelf) | Available | T0047766 |
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| 332.10956 SE CT Sectarianization : | 332.10971 LI TH Thieves of Bay Street : | 332.10973 AB BR Brazen : | 332.10973 BA BU Bull by the horns : | 332.10973 DI ES Essentials of banking / | 332.10973 GR CO Contemporary financial intermediation / | 332.10973 GR CO Contemporary financial intermediation / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-388) and index.
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.
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.
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Adult.