First Responders - Inside U.s. Strategy for Fighting 2007 2009 Global Financial Crisis

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.

About the author

Ben S. Bernanke is distinguished fellow in residence at the Brookings Institution and was chair of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. Timothy F. Geithner is president of the global private equity firm Warburg Pincus and was secretary of the Treasury from 2009 to 2013. Henry M. Paulson, Jr., is chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago and was secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009.

Summary

An insider's view of the U.S. government's response to the 2007-2009 global financial crisis, as recounted by the people who made the key decisions

Product details

• Authors: Ben S. Geithner Bernanke
• Assisted by: Ben S. Bernanke (Editor), Bernanke Ben S. (Editor), Timothy F. Geithner (Editor), J. Nellie Liang (Editor), Henry M. Paulson (Editor), Paulson Henry M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780300244441
• ISBN: 978-0-300-24444-1
• No. of pages: 624
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Economic history, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies