Blindsided
Subtitle: how Wall Street stole the economic recovery
By: F.B. Wiseman
Publisher: Abcor Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780985955601
Subjects: Financial crises; History; Securities industry; Economic policy; Labor; Globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262).
Table of contents: title: Economic crisis. Reaction to the financial crisis ; Government bailouts ; Wall Street fines and settlements ; Flash crashes : high frequency  trading; title: Business as usual. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ; New lending policies : why some banks will not lend ; A golden parachute ; Corporate handouts and welfare ; Outsourcing and other offshore business ; Special interests and lobbyists; title: Brave new world. Global financial crisis update ; The Eurozone experiment ; The global economic shift ; China : the rise of an empire; title: State of affairs. The gig economy : age of the independent worker ; Technological innovations in commerce; title: Solutions for a better tomorrow. Government financial tools and effect on behavior ; Alternative to layoffs : managing people in a tough economy ; Large corporations vs. small businesses ; Government partnerships ; America competing in the global economy.