Wessel, David <br/><br/>
In Fed we trust  Ben Bernanke's war on the great panic 
David Wessel 
 - 1. ed. 
 - XII, 323 S.  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "How the federal reserve became the fourth branch of government"--Dust jkt. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-302; [307]-308) and index 
<br/><br/> Let ol' Lehman go : the pivotal weekend of September 12-14, 2008 -- "Periodical financial debauches" : the long-forgotten history of the Fed -- Age of delusion : what Greenspan wrought -- There are Jews in Boston, too : who is Ben Bernanke? -- Pas de deux : the great panic begins in August 2007 -- The four Musketeers : Bernanke's brain trust ; Bernanke, Kohn, Warsh, and Geithner -- Re: Re: ... Blue sky : the Fed's first response to the great panic -- Running from behind : how the Fed got behind the curve, and how it caught up -- "Unusual and exigent" : Bear Stearns, the first rescue -- Fannie, Freddie, and "Feddie" : taking over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and pondering next steps -- Breaking the glass : the fallout from Lehman and AIG and going to Congress--finally -- "Socialism with American characteristics" : forcing taxpayer capital on the banks -- World of ZIRP : the Fed gets rates to zero -- Did Bernanke kep his promise to Milton Friedman? the early verdict 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0307459683 9780307459688   hbk. : USD 26.99 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780307459688 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009289789 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bernanke, Ben 1953- <br/>Bernanke, Ben
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Federal Reserve System Board of Governors <br/>Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finanzkrise<br/>Geldpolitik<br/>Zentralbank<br/>USA<br/>Banks and banking, Central--United States<br/>Financial crises--United States<br/>Monetary policy--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Class of Fall 2009 Guest speaker 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG2565 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.1/10973 332.110973