Bailouts: Public Money, Private Profit

by Robert E. Wright

Book Overview

Today's financial crisis is the result of dismal failures on the part of regulators, market analysts, and corporate executives. Yet the response of the American government has been to bail out the very institutions and individuals that have wrought such havoc upon the nation. Are such massive bailouts really called for? Can they succeed?

Robert E. Wright and his colleagues provide an unbiased history of government bailouts and a frank assessment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231150555
• ISBN13: 9780231150552
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher