Bull by the horns
Subtitle: fighting to save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from itself
By: Sheila Bair
Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781451672480; 9781451672503
Subjects: Government policy; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Economic policy; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Banks and banking; History
Description: The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The golden age of banking; title: Turning the Titanic; title: The fight over Basel II; title: The skunk at the garden party; title: Subprime is "contained"; title: Stepping over a dollar to pick up a nickel : helping home owners, round one; title: The audacity of that woman; title: The Wachovia blindside; title: Bailing out the boneheads; title: Doubling down on Citi : bailout number two; title: Helping home owners, round two; title: Obama's election : the more thing change; title: Helping home owners, round three; title: The $100 billion club; title: The care and feeding of Citigroup : bailout number three; title: Finally saying no; title: Never again; title: It's all about the compensation; title: The Senate's Orwellian debate; title: Dodd-Frank implementation : the final stretch (or so I thought); title: Robo-signing erupts; title: The return to Basel; title: Too small to save; title: Squinting in the public spotlight; title: Farewell to the FDIC; title: How Main Street can tame Wall Street; title: It could have been different.