1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967961503321

Autore

Wallison Peter J.

Titolo

Bad history, worse policy : how a false narrative about the financial crisis led to the Dodd-Frank Act / / Peter J. Wallison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

9781299316317

129931631X

9780844772400

0844772402

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (598 p.)

Disciplina

332.7/20973

332.720973

Soggetti

Finance - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Obamacare for the Financial System; 1. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; 2. The Financial Crisis; 3. The Dodd-Frank Act; 4. The Case for Reform; Index; About the Author; Boilerplate

Sommario/riassunto

This timely study focuses on how the government-constructed narratives surrounding the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2008 financial crisis shaped the policymaking that led to the Dodd-Frank Act.