The banking crisis

The banking crisis / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor.

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Other Authors: Bryfonski, Dedria
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.
Series:Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Bank failures > United States.
Banks and banking > Government policy > United States.
Investments, Foreign > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • What caused the banking crisis? The banking crisis was caused by bankers' greed and government complicity / Simon Johnson ; Misguided government policies, not bankers' greed, caused the banking crisis / Lawrence H. White ; The banking crisis was caused by a lack of regulation / Nouriel Roubini ; Deregulation did not cause the banking crisis / James L. Gattuso ; Excessive compensation packages contributed to the banking crisis / Paul Volcker ; Not all banks have excessive executive compensation packages / Jamie Dimon ; The banking crisis was caused by excessive debt / Andy Singh
  • Is the U.S. banking system in jeopardy? The economy is turning around / Christina Romer, interviewed by David Gregory ; The economy will not turn around until structural flaws are fixed / Sandy B. Lewis and William D. Cohan ; Bailouts are necessary to restore the banking system / Barack Obama ; Bailouts are bad for the economy / Daniel Mitchell ; Some banks are too big to let fail / Ben S. Bernanke ; Big banks should be allowed to fail / Thomas M. Heonig
  • How should the U.S. banking system be fixed? Banks should be nationalized / Joseph E. Stiglitz ; Nationalizing banks will not work / William M. Isaac ; More regulation of banking is needed / Christopher J. Dodd ; Reinventing regulation / Steven Pearlstein ; If banks are too big to fail, take an ax to them / David Pauly ; Big banks should not be broken up / Tim Fernholz ; Small banks can help solve the banking crisis / Phillip Longman and Ellen Seidman ; Executive compensation of bankers needs to be fixed / Gene Sperling ; Regulating executive compensation will not solve the banking problem / Floyd Norris
  • What role did foreign investment play in the U.S. banking crisis? Foreign tax havens contributed to the banking crisis / Rachel Keeler ; Foreign tax havens did not contribute to the banking crisis / Richard W. Rahn ; China contributed to the banking crisis / Eswar Prasad ; China did not cause the banking crisis / Huang Xin.

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