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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Main Authors: Sinclair, Timothy J.
Published: Cornell University Press,
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.