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An examination of the savings and loan crisis and subsequent bailout reveals that the welfare state is a dynamic process: the bailout is an extension of a larger process of state projects for economic intervention that began with banking regulation following the Great Depression of the 1930s, and continued with the Chrysler bailout legislation in 1979 and the Garn-St. Germain Act of 1982, which deregulated the banking industry. In viewing the welfare...

Because of its scope and detail, The IPO Decision would be a useful addition to an academic library serving a finance program or that has a financial services library. Public librarians might consider this book if they have a large constituency of sizable private businesses of finance students. Janet Hartman, Research Librarian, William Blair & Co, Chicago, Business Information Alert This volume certainly belongs in undergraduate libraries. Faculty...

Lays bare the strategies that corrupt CEOs and CFOs--in collusion with those who have regulatory oversight of their industries--use to defraud companies for their personal gain. Recounting the investigations he conducted as Director of Litigation for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Black fully reveals how Charles Keating and hundreds of other S & L owners took advantage of a weak regulatory environment to perpetrate accounting fraud on a massive...

Looks at the insurance crisis in the thrift industry, explains how federal regulations helped create the problems, and suggets guidelines for reform.

Outlines the reasons for the current crisis in the savings and loan industry and discusses what deregulation could mean for the rest of lthe banking industry.

"For much of its storied 142-year history, Goldman Sachs has projected an image of being better than its competitors--smarter, more collegial, more ethical, and far more profitable. The firm--buttressed by the most aggressive and sophisticated PR machine in the financial industry--often boasts of "the Goldman Way," a business model predicated on hiring the most talented people, indoctrinating them in a corporate culture where partners stifle their...

Based on reporting for which the author was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald Loeb Award, this book traces the rise and spectacular fall of Washington Mutual.

"The United States has two separate banking systems today -- one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover...

Pledging Allegiance documents how African Americans, Euro-Americans, and labor-union members bought bonds as an expression of not only national loyalty but also racial, ethnic, and class pride. A powerful "Double V" message disseminated in African American newspapers and speeches suggested that a bond-supported victory over racism abroad could be a prelude to victory over racism at home. Black entertainers and athletes, most notably Duke Ellington...