To the brink of destruction : America's rating agencies and financial crisis /
"Analyzes the role of the major American rating agencies-Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch-in the global financial crisis that began in 2007, and examines the perseverance of the agencies in the aftermath of the meltdown, despite being blamed by many observers for the disaster&...
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Published: |
Cornell University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Ithaca [New York] : |
Publication Dates: | 2021. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cornell studies in money
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Summary: |
"Analyzes the role of the major American rating agencies-Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch-in the global financial crisis that began in 2007, and examines the perseverance of the agencies in the aftermath of the meltdown, despite being blamed by many observers for the disaster"-- |
Carrier Form: | xiii, 210 pages ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781501760242 1501760246 |
Index Number: | HG3751 |
CLC: |
F837.125.9 F837.124 |
Call Number: | F837.124/S616 |
Contents: | The agencies and what they do -- How to think about the agencies -- The agencies and financial innovation -- Cogs in the wheel of financial destruction -- Aftermath -- Addendum: convenient villains & all-purpose bogeymen -- I'll be gone. You'll be gone. |