13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown.

JOHNSON, Simon and James Kwak.

$450.00

Item Number: 147163

New York: Pantheon Books, 2010.

First edition of this authoritative history of America’s financial oligarchy by one of the most prominent and frequently cited economists in the nation. Octavo, original boards. Signed by Simon Johnson on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Brian Barth.

"'13 Bankers' makes it clear that our financial system is broken, and that Wall Street and Washington broke it. Sadly, it also makes it clear that they want to keep it that way. This gripping book explains how the economic crisis developed and what must be done to create a fair system, one that will benefit all Americans rather than just those who are members of the club" (Herbert A. Allen III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allen & Company). "Surely the only book about the financial crisis of 2007-09 that begins with a quote from 'The Great Gatsby.' But the analogy is appropriate. Johnson and Kwak not only tell us in great detail how the crisis happened and what we must do to avoid another crisis, but they also see the deeper political and cultural context that permitted carelessness and excess nearly to break the financial system and plunge us into a depression" (Bill Bradley, former United States Senator).