The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery

The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery, The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry by Martin Mayer. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1990. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: V-Fine in Fine DJ. ISBN 0684191520. LCCN 90-34790. The most cogent, comprehensive, and comprehensible account yet of the savings-and-loan debacle that will cost American taxpayers upward of $500 billion over the next half-century. This book makes every aspect of this fiscal boondoggle come spectacularly alive. The author breathes life into the greedy, unscrupulous businessmen and the politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, and bureaucrats who helped them manipulate billions for their own benefit, and gives meaning to each and every dollar that this massive betrayal of public trust will cost Americans. 354 Pgs. Description text copyright 2005 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 8074.