Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy

Barry Ritholtz

CEO, Director of Equity Research Fusion IQ, Commentator, Author

September 26, 2009

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Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today's most popular economic bloggers and a well-established industry pundit, this book skillfully explores how the United States evolved from a rugged independent nation to a soft Bailout Nation-where financial firms are allowed to self-regulate in good times, but are bailed out by taxpayers in bad times.

Entertaining and informative, this book clearly shows you how years of trying to control the economy with easy money has finally caught up with the federal government and how its practice of repeatedly rescuing Wall Street has come back to bite them.

Scathing, but fair, Bailout Nation is a voice of reason in these uncertain economic times.

Barry Ritholtz is the CEO and Director of Equity Research for Fusion IQ, an independent quant research firm. He also operates one of today’s most popular economic blogs, www.ritholtz.com/blog. The topics under his watchful gaze include finance, business, digital media, retail, energy, and technology. In addition to his blog, Ritholtz is published regularly at TheStreet.com. He is also a guest blogger at Nouriel Roubini’s Global Economics and his research has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Forbes, The Economist, and RealMoney.com. Mr. Ritholtz comments frequently in the media on a range of financial stories.

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