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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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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 464 p.
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781400041718
- Label
- 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
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeff Madrick
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- 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
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Wealth
- Financial crises
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present, Jeff Madrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn676726572
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 464 p.
- Isbn
- 9781400041718
- Lccn
- 2011003399
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)676726572
- Label
- Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present, Jeff Madrick
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn676726572
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 464 p.
- Isbn
- 9781400041718
- Lccn
- 2011003399
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)676726572
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