Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
Written by Sheila Bair
Narrated by Joyce Bean
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Sheila Bair
Sheila Bair has had a long and distinguished career in finance, academia, and government. She is perhaps best known as the Chair of the FDIC during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, when she was twice named by Forbes Magazine as the second most powerful woman in the world. A lifelong advocate for strong financial regulation and consumer protections, she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Bull by the Horns, her memoir of the financial crisis, and is a frequent op-ed contributor and TV commentator, as well as author of several children's books on financial matters.
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Reviews for Bull by the Horns
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If you want to understand the GFC from the point of view of the FDIC then this book is for you
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read about this book on Tyler Cowen's blog and was interested in checking it out only to learn more about the Great Recession from another point of view. Bair is an accomplished writer and her storytelling focuses on the specifics and kept the extraneous info to a minimum. The book is interesting but very focused on policy and day to day operations of the FDIC which can wear the reader down after a while. She gives an excellent overview of the FDIC as well as some of the inner workings of government. She even manages to use some details from her personal life such as buying a new home to show both sides of the financial picture. This is an excellent but but be prepared for a very dense overview of one of the inner workings of one of the least understood parts of the government.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I became fascinated by this topic as I watched and waited for SOME BANKER, ANY BANKER to get thrown in the pokey for the hideously deliberate destruction of the hopes and dreams of Americans wanting to own their homes by these greedy bastards. That's what Occupy Wall St was all about. No such luck so far but at least Sheila Bair and Elizabeth Warren were watching out for us and doing what they could. Great book, difficult topic if you are not a financeer but way worth it. Also fascinating indictment of Tim Geithner, good riddance to this craven apologist for the banking industry, who no doubt will go from being the fox guarding the henhouse to a hen.