Uncle Sam in Pinstripes: Evaluating U.S. Federal Credit Programs

by Douglas J. Elliott

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It is a long-held perception that America is a nation where the government typically stays out of day-to-day business activities. Yet the U.S. federal government is in many ways the biggest and most influential financial institution in the world, with $10 trillion in federal guarantees and loans going to the private sector. Even before recent implementation of massive interventions meant to stave off financial calamity, the federal government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815721390
• ISBN13: 9780815721390
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"