Northern Rock

Companiesmortgage-lending

The Newcastle building society turned wholesale-funded lender whose September 2007 queues were Britain's first bank run since 1866.

7 books

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  1. The Fall of Northern RockBrian Walters, 2008
  2. The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit CrisisAlex Brummer, 2008
  3. The End of AlchemyMervyn King, 2016

Books 7

The End of Alchemy
T2 The End of Alchemy
Mervyn King · 2016 · By the Bank governor who hesitated; the lender-of-last-resort argument itself.
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The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and
T3 The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit Crisis
Alex Brummer · 2008 · By the Daily Mail City editor; Northern Rock as the opening of the crisis.
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The Fall of Northern Rock
T3 The Fall of Northern Rock
Brian Walters · 2008 · The main dedicated narrative account.
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Whoops!
T3 Whoops!
John Lanchester · 2010 · Clearest lay explanation of the UK funding model; Open Library unreachable.
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Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11
T3 Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11
Alistair Darling · 2011 · Chancellor's memoir covering the guarantee and nationalisation; Open Library unreachable.
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Building the Northern Rock: 1965-1994
T4 Building the Northern Rock: 1965-1994
Stephen Aris · 1994 · Commissioned history, written long before the run.
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The Failure of Northern Rock: A Multi-Dimens
T4 The Failure of Northern Rock: A Multi-Dimensional Case Study
Franco Bruni, David T. Llewellyn · 2009 · Edited academic volume from SUERF.
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