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Too big to fail : the hazards of bank bailouts /

In this clearly prophetic book, Gary H. Stern and Ron J. Feldman examine the "too big to fail" doctrine, and show how policymakers made the financial system riskier by implicitly promising to bail out the biggest banking institutions. In the wake of the global financial crisis in which sev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Stern, Gary H., Feldman, Ron J. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Volcker, Paul A. (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this clearly prophetic book, Gary H. Stern and Ron J. Feldman examine the "too big to fail" doctrine, and show how policymakers made the financial system riskier by implicitly promising to bail out the biggest banking institutions. In the wake of the global financial crisis in which several major institutions failed in 2008, getAbstract welcomes this reissued, lucid assessment of one of the most perplexing, perverse policies in financial regulation, the idea that some institutions are too big to fail. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker's foreword helps sharpen the book's focus, and the authors' advocacy for an end to bailouts is quite persuasive. This book is recommended reading for anyone seriously interested in understanding the calculus of financial policymakers, financial system risk, and the tilted playing field that benefits huge, risky banks and their shareholders.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-222) and index.
ISBN:0815796366
9780815796367