
The Bankers’ New Clothes
What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It - New and Expanded Edition
- 448 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Bankers’ New Clothes
What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It - New and Expanded Edition
About this book
A Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Bloomberg Businessweek Book of the Year
Why our banking system is broken—and what we must do to fix it
New bank failures have been a rude awakening for everyone who believed that the banking industry was reformed after the Global Financial Crisis—and that we'd never again have to choose between massive bailouts and financial havoc. The Bankers' New Clothes uncovers just how little things have changed—and why banks are still so dangerous. Writing in clear language that anyone can understand, Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig debunk the false and misleading claims of bankers, regulators, politicians, academics, and others who oppose effective reform, and they explain how the banking system can be made safer and healthier. Thoroughly updated for a world where bank failures have made a dramatic return, this acclaimed and important book now features a new preface and four new chapters that expose the shortcomings of current policies and reveal how the dominance of banking even presents dangers to the rule of law and democracy itself.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- More praise for The Bankers’ New Clothes
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the 2024 Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Emperors of Banking Have No Clothes
- Part I. Borrowing, Banking, and Risk
- Part II. The Case for More Bank Equity
- Part III. Moving Forward
- Part IV. Undermining Democracy and the Rule of Law
- Notes
- References
- Index