Reckles$ endangerment : how outsized ambition, greed, and corruption led to economic armageddon
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New York : Times Books/ Henry Holt and Co., 2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Chino Valley Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
330.973 MOR
1 available
Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
HG2040.5.U5M58 2011
1 available

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Published
New York : Times Books/ Henry Holt and Co., 2011.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes index.
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"TheNew York Times's Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist reveals how the financial meltdown emerged from the toxic interplay of Washington, Wall Street, and corrupt mortgage lenders. In Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson, the star business columnist of The New York Times, exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually complicit in the actions that finally blew up the American economy. Drawing on previously untapped sources and building on original research from coauthor Joshua Rosner--who himself raised early warnings with the public and investors, and kept detailed records--Morgenson connects the dots that led to this fiasco. Morgenson and Rosner draw back the curtain on Fannie Mae, the mortgage-finance giant that grew, with the support of the Clinton administration, through the 1990s, becoming a major opponent of government oversight even as it was benefiting from public subsidies. They expose the role played not only by Fannie Mae executives but also by enablers at Countrywide Financial, Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve, HUD, Congress, the FDIC, and the biggest players on Wall Street, to show how greed, aggression, and fear led countless officials to ignore warning signs of an imminent disaster. Character-rich and definitive in its analysis, this is the one account of the financial crisis you must read"--,Provided by publisher.
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"In Reckless Endangerment, Gretchen Morgenson, the star business columnist of The New York Times, exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually complicit in the actions that finally blew up the American economy. Drawing on previously untapped sources and building on original research from coauthor Joshua Rosner--who himself raised early warnings with the public and investors, and kept detailed records--Morgenson connects the dots that led to this fiasco. Morgenson and Rosner draw back the curtain on Fannie Mae, the mortgage-finance giant that grew, with the support of the Clinton administration, through the 1990s, becoming a major opponent of government oversight even as it was benefiting from public subsidies. They expose the role played not only by Fannie Mae executives but also by enablers at Countrywide Financial, Goldman Sachs, the Federal Reserve, HUD, Congress, the FDIC, and the biggest players on Wall Street, to show how greed, aggression, and fear led countless officials to ignore warning signs of an imminent disaster. Character-rich and definitive in its analysis, this is the one account of the financial crisis you must read"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Morgenson, G., & Rosner, J. (2011). Reckles$ endangerment: how outsized ambition, greed, and corruption led to economic armageddon (First edition.). Times Books/ Henry Holt and Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Morgenson, Gretchen and Joshua. Rosner. 2011. Reckles$ Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon. Times Books/ Henry Holt and Co.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Morgenson, Gretchen and Joshua. Rosner. Reckles$ Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon Times Books/ Henry Holt and Co, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Morgenson, Gretchen., and Joshua Rosner. Reckles$ Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon First edition., Times Books/ Henry Holt and Co., 2011.

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