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008 110505s2010 nyu r 000 0 eng d
020 _a9781576603468 (alk. paper)
020 _a1576603466 (alk. paper)
040 _aAM-YeHGA
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aGilbert, Mark.
245 1 0 _aComplicit :
_bHow greed and collusion made the credit crisis unstoppable /
_cMark Gilbert.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bBloomberg Press,
_c2010.
300 _a182 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aBubbles are for bathtubs : the real estate boom ; Unsafe at any rating : CDOs and the companies that judged them ; Priced for perfection : the financial gene pool economic Darwinism couldn't improve ; Bubbles, bubbles everywhere : global liquidity's search for a profitable home ; Judgment or luck : the profits banks couldn't understand - or protect ; Knight in rusty armor : an ill-advised rescue helps show banks just how much value their collateralized debt has lost ; The noose tightens : frozen money markets confound central bankers, hurt consumers, and drive imploding investments back onto bankers' books ; Central banks, unbalanced : caught off guard, the financial authorities make up the rules as they go along ; Et tu, money markets and municipals? : the crunch catches vanilla investments ; Giants fall : the credit crisis reaches its climax ; Conclusions and policy prescriptions.
520 _a"Reporter and editor Mark Gilbert plumbs the origins of the sub-prime debt crisis, tracing it back to 'a silent conspiracy of the well rewarded' in banking, real estate, trading, insurance, investing, politics, regulation, credit rating, law, and economic theory" - Provided by publisher.
650 1 4 _aSubprime mortgage loans
_zUnited States.
650 1 4 _aCredit
_zUnited States.
650 1 4 _aFinancial crises
_zUnited States.
650 1 4 _aMortgage banks
_zUnited States.
999 _c713864
_d713864