Washington Mutual

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The Seattle thrift that became the largest bank failure in US history in September 2008; one book carries the subject.

4 books · 1 people behind it

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  1. The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual, the Biggest Bank Failure in American HistoryKirsten Grind, 2012
  2. Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from ItselfSheila Bair, 2012
  3. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from CrisisAndrew Ross Sorkin, 2009

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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wal
T2 Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis
Andrew Ross Sorkin · 2009 · The September 2008 week in which WaMu failed, from the regulators' side.
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Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Str
T2 Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Sheila Bair · 2012 · FDIC chair's own account of seizing WaMu and selling it to JPMorgan.
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Mohnish Pabrai
The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutua
T2 The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual, the Biggest Bank Failure in American History
Kirsten Grind · 2012 · The only full account, by the local reporter who covered the collapse.
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Other People's Houses: How Decades of Bailou
T3 Other People's Houses: How Decades of Bailouts, Captive Regulators, and Toxic Bankers Made Home Mortgages a Thrilling Business
Jennifer Taub · 2014 · Thrift regulation and deposit-funded mortgage lending: the system WaMu exploited.
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