After the financial crisis : analyses of key policy responses and economic recovery / Edgar I. Bair, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bair, Edgar I.

Series:

Global recession--causes, impacts and remedies series.

Global recession : causes, impacts and remedies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Financial crises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Five years ago, a financial crisis unlike any in generations rocked Wall Street, turning a recession that was already hammering Main Street into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In the months before President Obama took office, the economy was shrinking at a rate of over 8%. Businesses were shedding 800,000 jobs a month. Banks had stopped lending to families and small businesses. The iconic American auto industry - the heartbeat of American manufacturing - was on the brink of collapse. It was a crisis that would ultimately cost millions of Americans their jobs, their homes

Contents:

""AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ANALYSES OF KEY POLICY RESPONSES AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY""; ""AFTER THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ANALYSES OF KEY POLICY RESPONSES AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1 THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: FIVE YEARS LATER*""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""I. SPEED AND COMPREHENSIVENESS OF CRISIS RESPONSE""; ""II. TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM (TARP)""; ""III. TARP BANK INVESTMENTS""; ""IV. STRESS TESTS""; ""V. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP(AIG)""; ""VI. AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY""; ""VII. HOUSING""

""VIII. SMALL BUSINESS""""IX. CONSUMER LENDING""; ""X. HOUSEHOLD WEALTH""; ""XI. CONSUMER PROTECTIONS &CFPB""; ""XII. PREVENTING EXCESSIVE RISK TAKING""; ""XIII. LIMITING THE IMPACT OF FAILING FIRMS""; ""XIV. BANK CAPITAL""; ""XV. DERIVATIVES""; ""Chapter 2 ECONOMIC RECOVERY: SUSTAINING U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH IN APOST-CRISIS ECONOMY*""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""A SUSTAINED BUT SLOW ECONOMIC RECOVERY""; ""THE SHAPE OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY""; ""Chapter 3 REBUILDING HOUSEHOLD WEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""

""BACKGROUND: HOUSEHOLD WEALTH AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY""""THE CURRENT STATE OF HOUSEHOLD NET WORTH""; ""ANY SIGNS CONSUMERS ARE SPENDING MORE FREELY?""; ""POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 2, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62948-594-2

OCLC:

918624368