The Bullies of Wall Street: This Is How Greed Messed Up Our Economy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481400855)

Can knowing how a financial crisis happened keep it from happening again? Sheila Bair, the former chairman of the FDIC, explains how the Great Recession impacted families on a personal level using language that everyone can understand.

In 2008, America went through a terrible financial crisis, and we are still suffering the consequences. Families lost their homes, had to give up their pets, and struggled to pay for food and medicine. Businesses didn't have money to buy equipment or hire and pay workers. Millions of people lost their jobs and their life savings. More than 100,000 businesses went bankrupt.

As the former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair worked to protect families during the crisis and keep their bank deposits safe. In The Bullies of Wall Street, she describes the many ways in which a broken system led families into financial trouble, and also explains the decisions being made at the time by the most powerful people in the country--from CEOs of multinational banks, to heads of government regulatory committees--that led to the recession.

Author: Sheila Bair
ISBN-10: 1481400851
ISBN-13: 9781481400855
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2015
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 173611 / Bullies of Wall Street: This Is How Greed Messed Up Our Economy


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 126
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2015
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 03/15/2015 pg. 57
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2015