Ritholtz, Barry.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
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Notes:

• Includes index.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index.
• A brief history of bailouts — The creation of the Federal Reserve, and its role in creating our bailout nation — Pre-bailout nation : (1860-1942) — Industrial-era bailouts (1971-1995) — A patern emerges — Stock market bailouts, 1987-1995 — The irrational exuberance era (1996-1999) — The tech wreck, 2000-2003 — The backwards, rate-driven economy — A brief history of finance and credit — The mad scramble for yield — The machinery of subprime — A memo found in the street : Uncle Sam the enabler — Radical deregulation, nonfeasance — Strange connections, unintended consequences — Moral hazard: why bailouts cause future problems — 2008: suicide by democracy — The fall of Bear Stearns — Dot-com penis envy — Year of the bailout, part I: the notorious AIG — The year of the bailout, part II: too big to be succeed? — Idiots fiddle while Rome burns — Casting blame — Misplaced fault — The virtues of foreclosure — Casino capitalism — Advice to a new president.

Subjects:

• Financial crises — United States.
• Finance — Government policy — United States.
• United States — Economic conditions — 2001-2009.
• United States — Economic policy — 2001-2009.
• Intervention (Federal government)

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