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13 bankers the Wall Street takeover and the next financial meltdown

Johnson and Kwak examine not only how Wall Street's ideology, wealth, and political power among policy makers in Washington led to the financial debacle of 2008, but also what the lessons learned portend for the future.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, Simon, 1963-
Other Authors:	Kwak
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Pantheon Books, c2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Banks and banking > United States. Bank failures > United States. Finance > United States. Financial crises > United States.
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Summary:	Johnson and Kwak examine not only how Wall Street's ideology, wealth, and political power among policy makers in Washington led to the financial debacle of 2008, but also what the lessons learned portend for the future.
Physical Description:	304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-278) and index.
ISBN:	9780307379054 : 0307379051
Author Notes:	Simon Johnson is Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT's Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is coauthor, with James Kwak, of The Baseline Scenario, a leading economic blog, described by Paul Krugman as "a must-read" and by Bill Moyers as "one of the most informative news sites in the blogosphere." James Kwak has had a successful business career as a consultant for McKinsey & Company and as a software entrepreneur.