Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present

Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present / Jeff Madrick.

As Jeff Madrick makes clear, the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who argue that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns. In telling the stories of these politicians, econom...

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Main Author: Madrick, Jeffrey G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Subjects:
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects.
Financial crises > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Revolution. Prologue: Lewis Uhler, believer
  • Walter Wriston, regulatory revolt
  • Milton Friedman, proselytizer
  • Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns, political expediency
  • Joe Flom, the hostile takeover and its consequences
  • Ivan Boesky, wanting it all
  • Walter Wriston II, bailing out Citibank
  • Ronald Reagan, the making of an ideology
  • Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steve Ross, size becomes strategy
  • Jimmy Carter, capitulation
  • Howard Jarvis and Jack Kemp, tapping the anger
  • Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, revolution completed
  • The new guard. Tom Peters and Jack Welch, promises broken
  • Michael Milken, "the magnificent"
  • Alan Greenspan, ideologue
  • George Soros and John Meriwether, fabulous wealth and controversial power
  • Sandy Weill, king of the world
  • Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill, decade of deceit
  • Angelo Mozilo, the American tragedy
  • Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince, collapse.

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