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Other people's houses : how decades of bailouts, captive regulators, and toxic bankers made home mortgages a thrilling business / Jennifer Taub.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014Description: viii, 406 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300168983 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0300168985
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.720973
LOC classification:
  • HG 2151  T222o 2014
Contents:
Highfliers. The nobelmans -- The condo king and his empire -- The run on American Savings and Loan -- The Saturday night massacre -- Deregulation inauguration -- The red baron of finance -- The bailout -- Friends of the court -- Repeat performance. Friend of the family -- The factory line -- The bubble -- First to fall -- Surf and turf -- Legal enablers of the toxic chain -- The great betrayal -- Myth confronts reality. Dispelling myths about the crisis.
Summary: Explores the origins of the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s and draws parallels with the financial crisis of 2008, arguing that the failure to regulate banks combined with the laxness of regulators contributed to the crises and are problems that still persist today
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HG 2151 T222o 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000122136

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Highfliers. The nobelmans --
The condo king and his empire --
The run on American Savings and Loan --
The Saturday night massacre --
Deregulation inauguration --
The red baron of finance --
The bailout --
Friends of the court --
Repeat performance. Friend of the family --
The factory line --
The bubble --
First to fall --
Surf and turf --
Legal enablers of the toxic chain --
The great betrayal --
Myth confronts reality. Dispelling myths about the crisis.

Explores the origins of the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s and draws parallels with the financial crisis of 2008, arguing that the failure to regulate banks combined with the laxness of regulators contributed to the crises and are problems that still persist today

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