Inside the FDIC thirty years of bank failures, bailouts, and regulatory battles

"Banks are held out as symbols of stability, safe places to put your money. Yet since the early 1980's over 3,400 banks have failed, an average of about two a week for a period exceeding thirty years. These bank failures aren't steady, regular, and easily predictable events. Periods o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bovenzi, John F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey Wiley 2015
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • IndyMac
  • The 1980s: booms, busts, and bailouts
  • Liquidation
  • Credit crunch
  • Foreclosure prevention
  • "Is this the moron who closed Meritor?"
  • Transition and the power of the federal government
  • Subprime behavior
  • Leadership matters
  • Save Money, live better
  • Too big to fail
  • "I thought we were all in this together"
  • Going forward