The Banks Did It: An Anatomy of the Financial Crisis

by Neil Fligstein

Book Overview

A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of the mortgage-securitization industry, which explains the complex roots of the 2008 financial crisis.

More than a decade after the 2008 financial crisis plunged the world economy into recession, we still lack an adequate explanation for why it happened. Existing accounts identify a number of culprits--financial instruments, traders, regulators, capital flows--yet fail to grasp how the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674249356
• ISBN13: 9780674249356
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"