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Too Big to Fail

The Hazards of Bank Bailouts

by Gary H. Stern and Ron J. Feldman

		Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Pub. Date: 2004 ISBN: 9780815781523 No. pages: 240 Category: Economics & Politics

In this summary you will learn

What the “too big to fail” doctrine means
Why this approach increases systemic risk
How financial policymakers can fix this issue

Why you should read Too Big to Fail

In this clearly prophetic book, Gary H. Stern and Ron J. Feldman examine the “too big to fail” doctrine, and show how policymakers made the financial system riskier by implicitly promising to bail out the biggest banking institutions. In the wake of the global financial crisis in which several major institutions failed in 2008, getAbstract welcomes this reissued, lucid assessment of one of the most perplexing, perverse policies in financial regulation, the idea that some institutions are too big to fail. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker’s foreword helps sharpen the book’s focus, and the authors’ advocacy for an end to bailouts is quite persuasive. This book is recommended reading for anyone seriously interested in understanding the calculus of financial policymakers, financial system risk, and the tilted playing field that benefits huge, risky banks and their shareholders.

About the Authors

Gary H. Stern is president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, where Ron J. Feldman is senior vice president.

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