The Big Fix

Inside the S&L Scandal - How an Unholy Alliance of Politics and Money Destroyed America's Banking System

Banks and bankingCorrupt practicesSavings and Loan Bailout, 1989-1995Savings and loan associationsKorruptionBanques hypothécairesAssociations d'épargne et de prêt - Faillite - États-UnisFaillite

Presents the inside story of the rash of failures of savings-and-loan institutions in the 1980s, written in a hard-news style by a nine-year veteran of The Wall Street Journal . Names the players in this game of monopoly where the money is real, including those highly-placed figures in government and finance. Documented here is a twisted tale of impotent regulation, financial mismanagement, political manipulation, fraud, and outright plunder.

For young readers

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