Bailouts: Public Money, Private Profit

Edited by Robert E. Wright

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Paper, 160 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15055-2
$17.95 / £12.50

January, 2010
Cloth, 160 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-15054-5
$60.00 / £41.50

1. "The Evolution of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as a Lender of Last Resort in the Great Depression," by Joseph R. Mason, Louisiana State University and The Wharton School

2. "Financial Crises and Government Responses: Lessons Learned," by Benton E. Gup, University of Alabama

3. "Hybrid Failures and Bailouts: Social Costs, Private Profits," by Robert E. Wright, NYU Stern School of Business

4. "After the Storm: The Long Run Impact of Bank Bailouts," by Guillermo Rosas and Nathan M. Jensen, Washington University in Saint Louis

Related Subjects

• American History
• American Politics
• Economics & Finance
• Politics and Political Theory

Series

• A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)

About the Author

Robert E. Wright is holder of the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College, a research economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research, editor of Pickering and Chatto of London's financial history monograph series, and a guest curator for the Museum of American Finance.

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