Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy by Barry Ritholtz, Aaron Task (With), Bill Fleckenstein (Foreword by)

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  • Pub. Date: May 2009
  • 332pp
  • Sales Rank: 12,703

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    • Pub. Date: May 2009
    • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
    • Format: Hardcover, 332pp
    • Sales Rank: 12,703

    Synopsis

    A riveting indictment of those responsible for our current financial mess

    Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today's most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit, this book skillfully explores how the United States evolved from a rugged independent nation to a soft Bailout Nation-where financial firms are allowed to self-regulate in good times, but are bailed out by taxpayers in bad times.

    Entertaining and informative, this book clearly shows you how years of trying to control the economy with easy money has finally caught up with the federal government and how its practice of repeatedly rescuing Wall Street has come back to bite them.

    The definitive book on the financial crisis of 2008
    Names the villains responsible for this tragedy-from financial regulators to politicians
    Shows how each bailout throughout modern history has impacted what happened in the future
    Examines why the consumer/taxpayer is left suffering in an economy of bubbles, bailouts, and possible inflation

    Scathing, but fair, Bailout Nation is a voice of reason in these uncertain economic times.

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    Biography

    Barry Ritholtz is CEO and director of equity research at FusionIQ.com, an online quantitative research firm. He regularly appears as an expert on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox, and PBS, and he is the author of the topranked financial weblog, The Big Picture, hailed by The Wall Street Journal as “what the in-crowd knows.”

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    Find out the Real Storyby zenman

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    October 25, 2009: This book, in a very compelling and credible way, explains what were the root causes and the events that stemmed from them, that led to to the economic meltdown that struck this country and effected the world financially. From Republican legislaton to Greenspan's Federal Reserve to the fundamental change in how mortgages were handled, this book covers all the angles in a fascinating narrative that exposes all of those who who had a hand in the creation of this crisis. If you really want to find out what happened, then read this book.

    Not Compelling or Relevantby Anonymous

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    June 24, 2009: This book is a good beach read , but certainly no scholarly piece of work .

    If you have a few hours to kill , this is the book for you