Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (720 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451672489 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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$29.99 lax regulation that led to the economic crash, she provides a sober analysis as well as a practical plan for how we should move forward. Now Bair is at the center of the financial crisis, speeding the takeover of failing banks and pressing the mortgage industry to ease loan terms winning praise from Democrats and Republicans.” —BLOOMBERG NEWS, October 3, 2008Sheila Bair is widely acknowledged in government circles and the media as one of the first people to identify and accurately assess the subprime crisis. She helps clear away the myths and half-truths about how we ran our economic e
winning praise from Democrats and Republicans.” (Bloomberg News)“The FDIC’s influence has grown in the past year because of Ms. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. She never forgets that her most important constituency isn't the thousands of banks she regulates but the millions of Americans who use them.” (Steven Pearlstein Pulitzer-prize winning Washington Post columnist, June 18, 2008)“During the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, Sheila Bair has been the little guy's protector in chief.” (Time Magazine, April 30, 2009)“A c
It's hard to be humble when you're nearly perfect Interested customer Of interest to those trying to understand the crony capitalism and revolving doors which have become the strategy of our government.I found this a mildly interesting memoir of a bureaucrat's struggles to remind other bureaucrats that their function is to protect the public, not to enrich those temporarily at rest in a reg. Contrarian said Good book about the crisis. Even better, it tells how the banks derailed reform . Best of all SHE PROPOSES GOOD SOLUTIONS. Good book about the crisis. Even better, it tells how the banks derailed reform . Best of all she proposes solutions.This has three parts: - 1) an insider's view of the crisis and bailouts. This is excellent - "Good book about the crisis. Even better, it tells how the banks derailed reform . Best of all SHE PROPOSES GOOD SOLUTIONS" according to Contrarian. Good book about the crisis. Even better, it tells how the banks derailed reform . Best of all she proposes solutions.This has three parts: - 1) an insider's view of the crisis and bailouts. This is excellent - 2) an insider's view of the reform efforts and how the banks, helped by Geithner and others, undermined the effor. ) an insider's view of the reform efforts and how the banks, helped by Geithner and others, undermined the effor. FINANCIAL BALANCE hassel hill jr If you have limited time and want an understanding of the 2007/8 financial mess, you should read this by Blair and the one by Geitner. His belief was that the US economy could only be saved by saving Wall Street and her belief was that we should be a lot more focused on Main Street. The Obama administration basically foll
Prior to assuming her post at the FDIC, Bair served as assistant secretary for financial institutions at the US Department of the Treasury and as senior vice president for government relations of the New York Stock Exchange. . Sheila Bair is the former Chairman of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). She has been covered—and lauded—everywhere from The New Yorker to The Washington Post to The Wall Street Journal, and in 2008 and 200