Busting the bankers' club : finance for the rest of us /

An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform. Bankers brought the global economic system to its knees in 2007 and nearly did the same in 2020. Both times, the US government bailed out the banks and left...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Epstein, Gerald, 1951- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8441703
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Summary:An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform. Bankers brought the global economic system to its knees in 2007 and nearly did the same in 2020. Both times, the US government bailed out the banks and left them in control. How can we end this cycle of trillion-dollar bailouts and make finance work for the rest of us? Busting the Ba.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 362 pages) : charts
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0520385659
9780520385658
9780520385641