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Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present, Jeff Madrick

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As Jeff Madrick makes clear, 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 argue that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns. In telling the stories of these politicians, economists, and financiers who declared a moral battle for freedom but instead gave rise to an age of greed, Madrick traces the lineage of some of our nation's most pressing economic problems. He begins with Walter Wriston, head of what would become Citicorp, who led the battle against government regulation. He examines the ideas of economist Milton Friedman, who created the plan for an anti-Rooseveltian America; the politically expedient decisions of Richard Nixon that fueled inflation; the philosophy of Alan Greenspan, on whose libertarian ideology a house of cards was built on Wall Street; and Sandy Weill, who constructed the largest financial institution in the world, which would have gone bankrupt in 2008 without a federal bailout.--From publisher description
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xi, 464 pages
Contents
  • Revolution
  • Prologue / Lewis Uhler: believer
  • 1. Walter Wriston: regulatory revolt
  • 2. Milton Friedman: proselytizer
  • 3. Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns: political expediency
  • 4. Joe Flom: the hostile takeover and its consequences
  • 5. Ivan Beosky: wanting it all
  • 6. Walter Wriston II: bailing out Citibank
  • 7. Ronald Reagan: the making of an ideology
  • Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steve Ross: size becomes strategy
  • 9. Jimmy Carter: capitulation --10. Howard Jarvis and Jack Kemp: tapping the anger
  • 11. Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan: revolution completed
  • II. The New Guard
  • 12. Tom Peters and Jack Welch: promises broken
  • 13. Michael Milken: "the magnificent"
  • 14. Alan Greenspan: ideologue
  • 15. George Soros and John Meriwether: fabulous wealth and controversial power
  • 16. Sandy Weill: king of the world
  • 17. Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill: decade of deceit
  • 18. Angelo Mozilo: the American tragedy
  • 19. Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince: collapse
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9781400041718
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Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present
Title
Age of greed
Title remainder
the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present
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Jeff Madrick
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Language
eng
Summary
As Jeff Madrick makes clear, 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 argue that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns. In telling the stories of these politicians, economists, and financiers who declared a moral battle for freedom but instead gave rise to an age of greed, Madrick traces the lineage of some of our nation's most pressing economic problems. He begins with Walter Wriston, head of what would become Citicorp, who led the battle against government regulation. He examines the ideas of economist Milton Friedman, who created the plan for an anti-Rooseveltian America; the politically expedient decisions of Richard Nixon that fueled inflation; the philosophy of Alan Greenspan, on whose libertarian ideology a house of cards was built on Wall Street; and Sandy Weill, who constructed the largest financial institution in the world, which would have gone bankrupt in 2008 without a federal bailout.--From publisher description
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Madrick, Jeffrey G
Dewey number
330.9730092/2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HC79.W4
LC item number
M33 2011
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Wealth
  • Financial crises
  • United States
  • United States
  • Financial crises
  • Politics and government
  • Wealth
  • United States
  • Finanzkrise
  • Geldpolitik
  • Wirtschaftskrise
  • Wirtschaftsethik
  • Wirtschaftspolitik
  • USA
  • Wealth
  • Financial crises
  • United States
  • Wealth
  • Financial crises
  • United States
  • United States
  • Financial crises
  • Wealth
  • United States
  • United States
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Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present, Jeff Madrick
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-442) and index
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Contents
Revolution -- Prologue / Lewis Uhler: believer -- 1. Walter Wriston: regulatory revolt -- 2. Milton Friedman: proselytizer -- 3. Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns: political expediency -- 4. Joe Flom: the hostile takeover and its consequences -- 5. Ivan Beosky: wanting it all -- 6. Walter Wriston II: bailing out Citibank -- 7. Ronald Reagan: the making of an ideology -- Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steve Ross: size becomes strategy -- 9. Jimmy Carter: capitulation --10. Howard Jarvis and Jack Kemp: tapping the anger -- 11. Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan: revolution completed -- II. The New Guard -- 12. Tom Peters and Jack Welch: promises broken -- 13. Michael Milken: "the magnificent" -- 14. Alan Greenspan: ideologue -- 15. George Soros and John Meriwether: fabulous wealth and controversial power -- 16. Sandy Weill: king of the world -- 17. Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill: decade of deceit -- 18. Angelo Mozilo: the American tragedy -- 19. Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince: collapse
Control code
ocn676726572
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xi, 464 pages
Isbn
9781400041718
Lccn
2011003399
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40019563480
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781400041718
  • (OCoLC)676726572
Label
Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present, Jeff Madrick
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-442) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Revolution -- Prologue / Lewis Uhler: believer -- 1. Walter Wriston: regulatory revolt -- 2. Milton Friedman: proselytizer -- 3. Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns: political expediency -- 4. Joe Flom: the hostile takeover and its consequences -- 5. Ivan Beosky: wanting it all -- 6. Walter Wriston II: bailing out Citibank -- 7. Ronald Reagan: the making of an ideology -- Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steve Ross: size becomes strategy -- 9. Jimmy Carter: capitulation --10. Howard Jarvis and Jack Kemp: tapping the anger -- 11. Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan: revolution completed -- II. The New Guard -- 12. Tom Peters and Jack Welch: promises broken -- 13. Michael Milken: "the magnificent" -- 14. Alan Greenspan: ideologue -- 15. George Soros and John Meriwether: fabulous wealth and controversial power -- 16. Sandy Weill: king of the world -- 17. Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill: decade of deceit -- 18. Angelo Mozilo: the American tragedy -- 19. Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince: collapse
Control code
ocn676726572
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xi, 464 pages
Isbn
9781400041718
Lccn
2011003399
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40019563480
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781400041718
  • (OCoLC)676726572

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