Contagion
Subtitle: the financial epidemic that is sweeping the global economy--and how to protect yourself from it
By: John R. Talbott.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470442210
Subjects: Deregulation -- United States; Financial crises -- United States; Finance, Personal -- United States; United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bamboozled; title: What didn't cause the U.S. housing boom and bust; title: What did cause the U.S. housing boom and bust; title: The contagion spreads from sub-prime to prime; title: How low will housing prices go in the U.S.?; title: The U.S. economy was not in great shape to begin with; title: U.S. enters a long recession; title: The global economy catches the contagion; title: Too big to fail : the $400 trillion derivatives market; title: Our local governments feel the pinch; title: From Wall Street to Main Street; title: Demographics magnify contagion; title: Which investments and which countries will weather the storm the best?; title: Stop the bleeding; title: No future without reform; title: A warning shot across our bow.