TY - BOOK AU - Talbott,John R. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Contagion: the financial epidemic that is sweeping the global economy--and how to protect yourself from it AV - HD3616.U6 T352 2009 U1 - 330.973 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Deregulation KW - United States KW - Financial crises KW - Finance, Personal KW - Economic conditions KW - 2001-2009 KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Bamboozled -- What didn't cause the U.S. housing boom and bust -- What did cause the U.S. housing boom and bust -- The contagion spreads from sub-prime to prime -- How low will housing prices go in the U.S.? -- The U.S. economy was not in great shape to begin with -- U.S. enters a long recession -- The global economy catches the contagion -- Too big to fail : the $400 trillion derivatives market -- Our local governments feel the pinch -- From Wall Street to Main Street -- Demographics magnify contagion -- Which investments and which countries will weather the storm the best? -- Stop the bleeding -- No future without reform -- A warning shot across our bow; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=416222 ER -