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  • The Fed and Lehman Brothers

  • Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster
  • By: Laurence M. Ball
  • Narrated by: David Colacci
  • Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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The bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers was the pivotal event of the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession that followed. Ever since the bankruptcy, there has been heated debate about why the Federal Reserve did not rescue Lehman in the same way it rescued other financial institutions, such as Bear Stearns and AIG. The Fed's leaders from that time, especially former Chairman Ben Bernanke, have strongly asserted that they lacked the legal authority to save Lehman because it did not have adequate collateral for the loan it needed to survive.

Based on a meticulous four-year study of the Lehman case, The Fed and Lehman Brothers debunks the official narrative of the crisis. It shows that in reality, the Fed could have rescued Lehman but officials chose not to because of political pressures and because they underestimated the damage that the bankruptcy would do to the economy.

The compelling story of the Lehman collapse will interest anyone who cares about what caused the financial crisis, whether the leaders of the Federal Reserve have given accurate accounts of their actions, and how the Fed can prevent future financial disasters.
©2018 Cambridge University Press (P)2020 Tantor
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  • Categories: History
Banks & Banking Economic History Macroeconomics Politics & Government United States Global Financial Crisis
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Too repeatative

there is enough content in this book for about an hour or twos listening... but it just repeats the same stuff over and over again.

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