Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Hirsh, Michael, 1957- Title: Capital offense : how Washington's wise men turned America's future over to Wall Street / Michael Hirsh. Publisher, Date: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2010. Description: ix, 342 pages ; 25 cm Summary: Michael Hirsh profiles key people whose beliefs, policies, and actions led to an era of free-market finance and contributed to the economic crisis of 2008, creating the worst economic climate since the Great Depression. Subjects: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Finance -- Government policy -- United States. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index. Contents: Prologue: "The hippopotamus under the rug" -- The most certain man in the world -- Triumph -- The stealth ideologue -- The rise of Rubinomics -- Larry and Joe -- Portrait of a contrarian -- Children of the boom -- The high tide of hubris -- The last guy at the Alamo -- Reaganites redux -- The canary in the mine -- The king of the street -- Last gathering of the faithful -- Blown away -- Geithner cleans up (with Bernanke at his back) -- Too big to jail -- Larry and Joe (again). Web Site: Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2010010784 ISBN: 9780470520673 0470520671 9780470769577 0470769572 9780470769584 0470769580 Other Number: 593622798 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 279938 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 330.973 Hirsh Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
