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13 bankers : the Wall Street takeover and the next financial meltdown / Simon Johnson, James Kwak.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2011.Edition: First Vintage Books editionDescription: 316 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780307476609 (pbk)
  • 030747660X (pbk)
Other title:
  • Thirteen bankers
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 332.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • HG2491 .J646 2011
Contents:
Introduction: 13 bankers -- Thomas Jefferson and the financial aristocracy -- Other people's oligarchs -- Wall Street rising : 1980- -- "Greed is good" : the takeover -- The best deal ever -- Too big to fail -- The American oligarchy : six banks.
Summary: Provides historical context for the 2008 financial crisis and proposes a radical solution, the megabanks deemed "too big to fail" must be made smaller.--
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Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.

"With a new epilogue"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-290) and index.

Introduction: 13 bankers -- Thomas Jefferson and the financial aristocracy -- Other people's oligarchs -- Wall Street rising : 1980- -- "Greed is good" : the takeover -- The best deal ever -- Too big to fail -- The American oligarchy : six banks.

Provides historical context for the 2008 financial crisis and proposes a radical solution, the megabanks deemed "too big to fail" must be made smaller.--

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