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A former FDIC Chairwoman who was among the first individuals to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans shares expert and insider perspectives on the economic crisis to assess contributing causes and ultimate ramifications.
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<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>and <i>WALL STREET JOURNAL </i>BESTSELLER</b><br> <br><b>The former FDIC chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the financial crisis.</b><br><br>Appointed by George W. Bush as the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 2006, Sheila Bair witnessed the origins of the financial crisis and in 2008 became—along with Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, and Timothy Geithner—one of the key public servants trying to repair the damage to the global economy. <i>Bull by the Horns</i> is her remarkable and refreshingly honest account of that contentious time and the struggle for reform that followed and continues to this day.
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