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Phillip swagel is a professor at the school of public policy at the university of maryland, and was assistant secretary for economic policy at the treasury department from 2006 to 2009 andrew ross sorkins recent businessfocused summer reading list leaves out books about the financial crisis to avoid naming his own bestselling too big to fail. Home financial crisis books uf business library at university of. But a private meeting in midoctober 2008 between timothy f. Journalists remember when lehman brothers filed for bankruptcy, which sent. Financial times, reporter christine senior 2006 filed a story on. Ive been spending a lot time lately reading books about the financial crisis and financial reform. Me too movement 2year timeline most important moments.
C bureau chief for the new york times and author of the ebook heres the deal byliner inc. Geithner, thenpresident of the federal reserve bank of new york, and andrew m. As bernanke hurried to the department of the treasury for his weekly breakfast with secretary paulson, crisis loomed. The 9 best books about the financial crash 2018 the strategist. The professor barry eichengreen on what the great depression and the 1918 flu pandemic can teach us about how the u. Several books illuminate the causes of the financial crisis and its aftermath, according to an economist who was involved in the treasurys.
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