Financing failure
Subtitle: a history of bailouts
By: by Vern McKinley
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: Independent Institute
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oakland, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9781598130492
Subjects: Government policy; Banks and banking; Bank failures; History
Description: With information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, McKinley disproves the claim that federal financial regulators and politicians prevented a more severe financial crisis and argues that reining in federal regulators is a necessary step toward truly promoting the safety and soundness of the financial system. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Bear Stearns : the original sin; title: Who has told the story of the bailouts?; title: Bailouts 101; title: The depression of the 1930s and the interventions; title: After the depression; title: The 1980s financial crisis and the interventions; title: After the 1980s financial crisis; title: The 2000s crisis : the Fed and treasury intervene; title: The 2000s crisis : the FDIC intervenes; title: The 2000s crisis : TARP; title: Will the Dodd-Frank changes stop the bailouts?; title: The assessment of the history; title: Appendix: the freedom of information act lawsuits.