The Courage to Act：A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath
- 作者
- 出版社 W. W. Norton & Company
- 出版时间 2015年10月 第1版
- ISBN 9780393247213
- 定价 373.60
内容简介
ANewYorkTimesBestsellerAnunrivaledlookatthefighttosavetheAmericaneconomy.In2006,BenS.BernankewasappointedchairoftheFederalReserve,theunexpectedapexofapersonaljourneyfromsmall-townSouthCarolinatoprestigiousacademicappointmentsandfinallypublicserviceinWashington’shallsofpower.Therewouldbenotimetocelebrate.Theburstingofahousingbubblein2007exposedthehiddenvulnerabilitiesoftheglobalfinancialsystem,bringingittothebrinkofmeltdown.FromtheimplosionoftheinvestmentbankBearStearnstotheunprecedentedbailoutofinsurancegiantAIG,effortstoarrestthefinancialcontagionconsumedBernankeandhisteamattheFed.Aroundtheclock,theyfoughtthecrisiswitheverytoolattheirdisposaltokeeptheUnitedStatesandworldeconomiesafloat.WorkingwithtwoU.S.presidents,andunderfirefromafractiousCongressandapublicincensedbybehavioronWallStreet,theFed―alongsidecolleaguesintheTreasuryDepartment―successfullystabilizedateeteringfinancialsystem.Withcreativityanddecisiveness,theypreventedaneconomiccollapseofunimaginablescaleandwentontocrafttheunorthodoxprogramsthatwouldhelprevivetheU.S.economyandbecomethemodelforothercountries.Richwithdetailofthedecision-makingprocessinWashingtonandindelibleportraitsofthemajorplayers,TheCouragetoActrecountsandexplainstheworstfinancialcrisisandeconomicslumpinAmericasincetheGreatDepression,providinganinsider’saccountofthepolicyresponse.16pagesofphotographs
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