In Fed we trust : Ben Bernanke's war on the great panic /

Main Author: Wessel, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Business, c2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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245 1 |a In Fed we trust :  |b Ben Bernanke's war on the great panic /  |c David Wessel. 
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260 1 |a New York :  |b Crown Business,  |c c2009. 
300 1 |a xii, 323 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 1 |a "How the federal reserve became the fourth branch of government"--Dust jkt. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-302; [307]-308) and index. 
505 1 |a Let ol' Lehman go : the pivotal weekend of September 12-14, 2008 -- "Periodical financial debauches" : the long-forgotten history of the Fed -- Age of delusion : what Greenspan wrought -- There are Jews in Boston, too : who is Ben Bernanke? -- Pas de deux : the great panic begins in August 2007 -- The four Musketeers : Bernanke's brain trust ; Bernanke, Kohn, Warsh, and Geithner -- Re: Re: ... Blue sky : the Fed's first response to the great panic -- Running from behind : how the Fed got behind the curve, and how it caught up -- "Unusual and exigent" : Bear Stearns, the first rescue -- Fannie, Freddie, and "Feddie" : taking over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and pondering next steps -- Breaking the glass : the fallout from Lehman and AIG and going to Congress--finally -- "Socialism with American characteristics" : forcing taxpayer capital on the banks -- World of ZIRP : the Fed gets rates to zero -- Did Bernanke kep his promise to Milton Friedman? the early verdict. 
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650 1 |a Financial crises  |z United States 
650 1 |a Monetary policy  |z United States 
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