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Simon Johnson is Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He is coauthor, with James Kwak, of The Baseline Scenario, a leading economic blog, described by Paul Krugman as "a must-read" and by Bill Moyers as "one of the most informative news sites in the blogosphere."
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13 Bankers
The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
Written by Simon Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $16.95
In spite of its key role in creating the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, the American banking industry has grown bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks whose assets amount to more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, this oligarchy proved... Read more >
The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
Written by Simon Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $16.95
In spite of its key role in creating the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, the American banking industry has grown bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks whose assets amount to more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, this oligarchy proved... Read more >
13 Bankers
The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
Written by Simon Johnson and James Kwak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $26.95
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks—Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley—which together control assets amounting... Read more >
The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
Written by Simon Johnson and James Kwak
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $26.95
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks—Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley—which together control assets amounting... Read more >
13 Bankers
The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
Written by Simon Johnson
Format: eBook
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $13.99
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The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
Written by Simon Johnson
Format: eBook
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 30, 2010
Price: $13.99
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White House Burning
Our National Debt and Why It Matters to You
Written by Simon Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
From the authors of the national bestseller 13 Bankers, a chilling account of America’s unprecedented debt crisis: how it came to pass, why it threatens to topple the nation as a superpower, and what needs to be done about it.
With bracing clarity, White House Burning explains why the national debt matters... Read more >
Our National Debt and Why It Matters to You
Written by Simon Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
From the authors of the national bestseller 13 Bankers, a chilling account of America’s unprecedented debt crisis: how it came to pass, why it threatens to topple the nation as a superpower, and what needs to be done about it.
With bracing clarity, White House Burning explains why the national debt matters... Read more >
White House Burning
The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
Written by Simon Johnson and James Kwak
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $26.95
America is mired in debt—more than $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. Bitter fighting over deficits, taxes, and spending bedevils Washington, D.C., even as partisan gridlock has brought the government to the brink of default. Yet the more politicians on both sides of the aisle rant and the citizenry fumes... Read more >
The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
Written by Simon Johnson and James Kwak
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $26.95
America is mired in debt—more than $30,000 for every man, woman, and child. Bitter fighting over deficits, taxes, and spending bedevils Washington, D.C., even as partisan gridlock has brought the government to the brink of default. Yet the more politicians on both sides of the aisle rant and the citizenry fumes... Read more >
White House Burning
The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
Written by Simon Johnson and James Kwak
Format: eBook, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $11.99
Read more >
The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
Written by Simon Johnson and James Kwak
Format: eBook, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $11.99
Read more >
