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August 5, 2021 | History
An edition of And then the roof caved in (2009)

And then the roof caved in

how Wall Street's greed and stupidity brought capitalism to its knees

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CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government in letting that greed rule the day. Written by CNBC's David Faber, this book painstakingly details the truth of what really happened with compelling characters who offer their first-hand accounts of what they did and why they did it. Page by page, Faber explains the events of the previous seven years that planted the seeds for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. He begins in 2001, when the Federal Reserve embarked on an unprecedented effort to help the economy recover from the attacks of 9/11 by sending interest rates to all time lows. Faber also gives you an up-close look at where the crisis was incubated and unleashed upon the world-Wall Street-and introduces you to insiders from investment banks and mortgage lenders to ratings agencies, that unwittingly conspired to insure lending standards were abandoned in the head long rush for profits. Based on two years of research, this book provides deep background into the current credit crisis Offers the insights of experienced professionals-from Alan Greenspan to prominent bankers and regulators-who were on the front lines Created by David Faber, the face of morning business news on CNBC, and host of the network's award winning documentaries From regulators who tried to stop this problem before it swung out of control to hedge fund managers who correctly foresaw the coming housing crash and profited from it, And Then the Roof Caved In shows you how the crisis we currently face came to be.

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2009, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Table of Contents

Prologue: "on the verge"
Bubble to bubble. Greenspan's shock and awe. Houses built on cow dung
Home sweet home. Opening doors. An industry is born. Subprime returns
The subprime machine. From delivering pizza to delivering mortgages. Living the dream. Diving into deep trouble
Eyes wide shut. A warning unheeded. A dream no more
Complicity. Moody's the money maker. Repeat customers
The securitization from hell. The making of a CDO. Tough to kill. Turning crap into triple-A. From CDS to CDO. Insanity sets in
Narvik and me. CDOs : an American export. The truth revealed
but did it matter?
Mortgaging Merrill's future. Climbing out of poverty. A strong start. The secret weapon. Raking it in. Taking big risks
A house of cards. Digging for gold. Building a case. The investment of a lifetime
And then the roof caved in. The wheels coming off. The call. A crisis begins. The CDO blues. Light's out
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Hoboken, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
332.63/240973
Library of Congress
HD255 .F23 2009, HD255.F23 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23207464M
Internet Archive
andthenroofcaved00fabe
ISBN 13
9780470474235
LCCN
2009013313
OCLC/WorldCat
310400012
Library Thing
8550248
Goodreads
6455162

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OL13776798W

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