Cargando…

Bailouts : public money, private profit /

Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have wrought such havoc upon the nation. Are such massive b...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wright, Robert E. (Robert Eric), 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk.
Columbia/SSRC book.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have wrought such havoc upon the nation. Are such massive bailouts really called for? Can they succeed?Robert E. Wright and his colleagues provide an unbiased history of government bailouts and a frank assessment of their effectiveness. Their book recounts colonial America's struggle to rectify the first dangerous real estate bubble and the Britis.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780231521734
0231521731