Age of Greed The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present

Name: Age of Greed The Triumph of Finance and the Decline of America, 1970 to the Present
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ISBN: 9781400075669

ISBN-10: 1400075661

ISBN-13: 9781400075669

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jeff Madrick

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A vividly told history of how greed bred America’s economic ills over the last forty years, and of the men most responsible for them.As Jeff Madrick makes clear in a narrative at once sweeping, fast-paced, and incisive, the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who have argued that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns. These stewards of American capitalism have insisted on the central and essential place of accumulated wealth through the booms, busts, and recessions of the last half century, giving rise to our current woes.In telling the stories of these politicians,…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.03" long x 1.54" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Introduction



Revolution


Prologue: Lewis Uhler Believer



Walter Wriston Regulatory Revolt



Milton Friedman Proselytizer



Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns Political Expediency



Joe Flom The Hostile Takeover and Its Consequences



Ivan Boesky Wanting It All



Walter Wriston II Bailing Out Citibank



Ronald Reagan The Making of an Ideology



Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steve Ross Size Becomes Strategy



Jimmy Carter Capitulation



Howard Jarvis and Jack Kemp Tapping the Anger



Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan Revolution Completed



The New Guard



Tom Peters and Jack Welch Promises Broken



Michael Milken "The Magnificent"



Alan Greenspan Ideologue



George Soros and John Meriwether Fabulous Wealth and Controversial Power



Sandy Weill King of the World



Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill Decade of Deceit



Angelo Mozilo The American Tragedy



Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince Collapse


Epilogue


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index