First responders : inside the U.S. strategy for fighting the 2007-2009 global financial crisis / edited by Ben S. Bernanke [and three others].
Faced with the prospect of a new Great Depression in 2008 when the collapse of Lehman Brothers set off a global panic, the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and other agencies took extraordinary measures to contain the damage and steady the financia...
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
[2020]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Faced with the prospect of a new Great Depression in 2008 when the collapse of Lehman Brothers set off a global panic, the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and other agencies took extraordinary measures to contain the damage and steady the financial system and the economy. Edited by three of the policymakers who led the government's response to the crisis, with chapters written by the teams tasked with finding policy solutions, this book provides a comprehensive accounting of the internal debates and controversies surrounding the measures that were taken to stabilize the economy. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 595 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0300252749 9780300252743 |