Presents the inside story of the rash of failures of savings-and-loan institutions in the 1980s, written in a hard-news style by a nine-year veteran of The Wall Street Journal . Names the players in this game of monopoly where the money is real, including those highly-placed figures in government and finance. Documented here is a twisted tale of impotent regulation, financial mismanagement, political manipulation, fraud, and outright plunder.
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Presents the inside story of the rash of failures of savings-and-loan institutions in the 1980s, written in a hard-news style by a nine-year veteran of The Wall Street Journal . Names the players in this game of monopoly where the money is real, including those highly-placed figures in government and finance. Documented here is a twisted tale of impotent regulation, financial mismanagement, political manipulation, fraud, and outright plunder.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0471515353.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket is lightly scuffed, not price-clipped. Boards have only minor wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Short number string on fep.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 308. xii, 308 pp. The jacket is price-clipped. "How an unholy alliance of politics and money destroyed America's banking system."
