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Bezig met laden... Shortfall: Family Secrets, Financial Collapse, and a Hidden History of American Bankingdoor Alice Echols
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A semi-biographical book that looks at the collapse of one of Colorado Springs' building and loan firms in the Great Depression, written from the point of view of the grand-daughter of the B&L's head. Somewhat mixed views on this book. The positives: very good selection of illustration material, and a fairly clear-eyed and clear-headed analysis of what went wrong at the B&L. In addition, the discussion of the family dynamics (and misfunctions) of the family does bear a great deal of interest. I do think the author, however, tries to shoehorn in some slaps at capitalism in general, and the Republican Party in particular, that aren't particularly germane. It might have been an effort to describe a culture that led to the B&L's collapse, but it doesn't really work. Every family, as the old expression goes, is unhappy in its own way, and I'm not really sure that the politics of Colorado Springs had a huge amount to do with the collapse, as opposed to the family history. An interesting read, to be sure (I read it in one day), but not perfect. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: The rollicking true story of a 1930s version of Bernie Madoffâ??and the building and loan crash he helped precipitateâ??in a wonderful work of narrative nonfiction by the Gustavus Myers book award winner Shortfall opens with a surprise discovery in an atticâ??boxes filled with letters and documents hidden for more than seventy yearsâ??and launches into a fast-paced story that uncovers the dark secrets in Echols's familyâ??an upside-down version of the building and loan story at the center of Frank Capra's 1946 movie, It's a Wonderful Life. In a narrative filled with colorful characters and profound insights into the American past, Shortfall is also the essential backstory to more recent financial crises, from the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s and 1990s to the subprime collapse of 2008. Shortfall chronicles the collapse of the building and loan industry during the Great Depressionâ??a story told in microcosm through the firestorm that erupted in one hard-hit American city during the early 1930s. Over a six-month period in 1932, all four of the building and loan associations in Colorado Springs, Colorado, crashed in an awful domino-like fashion, leaving some of the town's citizens destitute. The largest of these associations was owned by author Alice Echols's grandfather, Walter Davis, who absconded with millions of dollars in a case that riveted the national media. This book tells the dramatic story of his rise and s Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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