Bibliograph

The courage to act, a memoir of a crisis and its aftermath, Ben S. Bernanke

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The courage to act, a memoir of a crisis and its aftermath, Ben S. Bernanke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-590) and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The courage to act

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907103921

Responsibility statement

Ben S. Bernanke

Sub title

a memoir of a crisis and its aftermath

Summary

The former chairman of the Federal Reserve documents his rise from a Southern youth to Ivy League professorships prior to the 2007 housing bubble burst, detailing the dramatic efforts to salvage the U.S. economy that made him "Time" magazine's 2009 Person of the Year.--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

I can still stop this ... -- Prelude. Main Street ; In the groves of academe ; Governor ; In the maestro's orchestra ; The subprime spark ; Rookie season -- The crisis. First tremors, first response ; One step forward ; The end of the beginning ; Bear Stearns : before Asia opens ; Fannie and Freddie : a long, hot summer ; Lehman : the dam breaks ; AIG : "It makes me angry" ; We turn to Congress : "Fifty percent hell no" ; A cold wind ; Transition ; From financial crisis to economic crisis -- Aftermath. Quantitative easing : the end of orthodoxy ; Building a new financial system ; QE2 : false dawn ; Headwinds ; Taper capers -- Looking back, looking forward

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