Guardians of Finance: Making Regulators Work for Us

by James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio Jr., Ross Levine

Book Overview

The recent financial crisis was an accident, a "perfect storm" fueled by an unforeseeable confluence of events that unfortunately combined to bring down the global financial systems. Or at least this is the story told and retold by a chorus of luminaries that includes Timothy Geithner, Henry Paulson, Robert Rubin, Ben Bernanke, and Alan Greenspan. In "Guardians of Finance," economists James Barth, Gerard Caprio, and Ross Levine argue that the financial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262017393
• ISBN13: 9780262017398
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"