Contagion : the financial epidemic that is sweeping the global economy--and how to protect yourself from it / / John R. Talbott.

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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:256 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Bamboozled
  • What didn't cause the U.S. housing boom and bust
  • What did cause the U.S. housing boom and bust
  • The contagion spreads from sub-prime to prime
  • How low will housing prices go in the U.S.?
  • The U.S. economy was not in great shape to begin with
  • U.S. enters a long recession
  • The global economy catches the contagion
  • Too big to fail : the $400 trillion derivatives market
  • Our local governments feel the pinch
  • From Wall Street to Main Street
  • Demographics magnify contagion
  • Which investments and which countries will weather the storm the best?
  • Stop the bleeding
  • No future without reform
  • A warning shot across our bow.