Borrowed time
Subtitle: two centuries of booms, busts, and bailouts at Citi
By: James Freeman and Vern McKinley
Contributors: McKinley, Vern, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780062669872
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Citigroup (Firm); Financial crises; Bailouts (Government policy); Bank failures; Banks and banking; Prevention
Other titles: Two centuries of booms, busts, and bailouts at Citi
Description: "The alarming, untold story of Citigroup--one of the largest financial institutions in the world--from its founding in 1812 to its role in the 2008 financial crisis, and the many near-death experiences in between." -- From Amazon summary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-352) and index.
Table of contents: title: A bank for the Treasury Secretary; title: When failure was allowed (because government wasn't big enough to help); title: City of instability; title: Astor to the rescue; title: Taylor's bank in an age of panics; title: The Rockefeller bank; title: A political "big shot"; title: A City Banker helps create the Fed; title: "Our friendly monster" goes global; title: "Sunshine Charlie" doubles down on sugar; title: Mitchell and the mania; title: Did City Bank cause the crash?; title: Bank for the United States; title: Walter Wriston and the culture of risk; title: Not that big, but too big to fail?; title: When countries fail; title: The banker who "never made a loan"; title: Just another perfect storm; title: Creating the next crisis; title: The man who knew too little; title: "Save Citigroup at all costs"; title: Epilogue.