{"product_id":"bailout-nation-with-new-postcrisis-update-9780470596326","title":"Bailout Nation with New PostCrisis Update","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging look at what led to the financial turmoil we now find ourselves in\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBailout Nation\u003c\/i\u003e offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today''s most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit, this book skillfully explores how the United States evolved from a rugged independent nation to a soft \u003ci\u003eBailout Nation\u003c\/i\u003e-where financial firms are allowed to self-regulate in good times, but are bailed out by taxpayers in bad times.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntertaining and informative, this book clearly shows you how years of trying to control the economy with easy money has finally caught up with the federal government and how its practice of repeatedly rescuing Wall Street has come back to bite them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe definitive book on the financial crisis of 2008\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNames the culprits responsible for this tragedy-from financial regulator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction Bailout Nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I A BRIEF HISTORY OF BAILOUTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 A Brief History of Bailouts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Creation of the Federal Reserve, and Its Role in Creating Our Bailout Nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Pre-Bailout Nation (1860–1942).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Industrial-Era Bailouts (1971–1995).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntermezzo A Pattern Emerges.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II THE MODERN ERA OF BAILOUTS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Stock Market Bailouts (1987-1995).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 The Irrational Exuberance Era (1996-1999).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 The Tech Wreck (2000-2003).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The Backwards, Rate-Driven Economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntermezzo A Brief History of Finance and Credit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 The Mad Scramble for Yield.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III MARKET FAILURE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 The Machinery of Subprime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntermezzo A Memo Found in the Street: Uncle Sam the Enabler.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Radical Deregulation, Nonfeasance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Strange Connections, Unintended Consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Moral Hazard: Why Bailouts Cause Future Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV BAILOUT NATION.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 2008: Suicide by Democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 The Fall of Bear Stearns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Dot-Com Penis Envy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Year of the Bailout, Part I: The Notorious AIG.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 The Year of the Bailout, Part II: Too Big to Succeed?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntermezzo Idiots Fiddle While Rome Burns.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V POST-BAILOUT NATION.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Casting Blame.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Misplaced Fault.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 The Virtues of Foreclosure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 Casino Capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript Advice to a New President.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402373505367,"sku":"9780470596326","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470596326.jpg?v=1730480204","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bailout-nation-with-new-postcrisis-update-9780470596326","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}