Senseless panic : how Washington failed America /
William M. Isaac with Philip C. Meyer.
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010.
- xviii, 190 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Home alone -- The early years (1978-81) -- The savings bank and S&L crises -- Penn square fails -- The butcher empire collapses -- Deposit insurance reform/ tackling Wall Street -- Continental Illinois topless -- Preparing to leave -- Lessons learned -- Policy mistakes : 1989 through 2007 -- The subprime mortgage crisis -- SEC and FASB blunders -- Schizophrenic failure resolution -- The $700 billion bailout -- Never again.
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Savings and loan association failures--History.--United States Savings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Bank failures--History.--United States Bancos--Estados Unidos. Crisis financiera--Estados Unidos. Crisis financiera global, 2008-2009.