After the music stopped
Subtitle: the financial crisis, the response, and the work ahead
By: Alan S. Blinder
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9781594205309
Subjects: Economic policy; Financial crises; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Economic conditions; Finance
Description: Many fine books on the financial crisis were first drafts of history--books written quickly to fill the need for immediate understanding. Alan S. Blinder, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, held off, taking the time to understand the crisis and create a truly comprehensive and coherent narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do from here--mired as we still are in its wreckage. Blinder shows how the U.S. financial system, grown far too complex for its own good--and too unregulated for the public good--experienced a perfect storm beginning in 2007. When America's financial structure crumbled, the damage proved to be not only deep, but wide. It took the crisis for the world to discover, to its horror, just how truly interconnected--and fragile--the global financial system is. Blinder offers clear-eyed answers to the questions still before us, even if some of the choices ahead are as divisive as they are unavoidable.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.