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Financial crises United States Financial crises United States History 21st century Fiscal policy United States Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Obama, Barack United States Economic conditions 2009- United States Economic policy 2009- United States Politics and government 2009- United States Social conditions 1980- United States Social policy 1993-Granholm, Jennifer.
Summary: Recounts the former Michigan governor's struggles to solve the problems of unemployment and budget deficits with the auto industry collapse and global financial crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRANHOLM, JENNIFER GraWoodward, Bob
Summary: Woodward examines the struggle between President Obama and the United States Congress to manage federal spending and tax policy for the three and one half years between 2009 and the summer of 2012. More than half the book focuses on the intense 44-day crisis in June and July 2011 when the United States came to the brink of a potentially catastrophic default on its debt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 338.973 WOOBernanke, Ben
Summary: "Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben S. Bernanke helps readers understand how the Federal Reserve, the steward of U.S. monetary policy, got to where it is today, what it has learned from the diverse challenges it has faced, and how it may evolve in the future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.5 WARSachs, Jeffrey.
Summary: Offers a diagnosis of the country's economic ills and argues that Americans can restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 SACBernanke, Ben.
Summary: In 2012, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gave a series of lectures about the Federal Reserve and the 2008 financial crisis, as part of a course at George Washington University on the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy. He revealed important background and insights into the central bank's crucial actions during the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 BERBlinder, Alan S.
Summary: An assessment of the U.S. financial crisis and its lessons explores its complex contributing factors while revealing some of its more devastating consequences, outlining potentially divisive solutions that may be necessary for recovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 BLISchultz, Ed
Summary: Outlines the author's thoughts about the endangered middle class, covering topics from health care and education to international economic policies and global energy independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 SCHWarren, Elizabeth
Summary: Senator Elizabeth Warren presents an account of how the US built history's strongest middle class, a scathing indictment of the thirty-five years spent undermining it, and a rousing call to action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.5 WARWhitney, Meredith.
Summary: Reveals how cities and states are suffering from a more dramatic economic decline than most people realize, predicting a devastating imminent municipal crisis while sharing recommendations for preventing a broader catastrophe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 WHICooper, Ryan
Summary: "A compelling alternative view of the relationship between our politics and our economy. Throughout America, structural problems are getting worse. Economic inequality is near Gilded Age heights, the healthcare system is a mess, and the climate crisis continues to grow. Yet most ambitious policy proposals that might fix these calamities are dismissed as wastefully expensive by default. From the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 COOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 COOGrunwald, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 GRUHuckabee, Mike
Summary: An optimistic manifesto for America's future government by the former presidential candidate outlines recommendations for upholding the nation's founding principles and overcoming election-focused politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.52 HUCSteyn, Mark.
Contents: Prologue: the stupidity of broke -- The new Rome: the decaying city -- Undreaming America: serfing USA -- The new Athens: the drowning city -- Decline: American idyll -- The new Britannia: the depraved city -- Fall: beyond the green zone -- The new Jerusalem: the city besieged -- After: a letter from the post-American world -- Epilogue: the hope of audacity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 STESchweikart, Larry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 320.6 SCHKlein, Aaron.
Summary: Outline blueprints for President Obama's second term in office, contending that he is preparing a New Deal-style overhaul that will establish government control over the economy and a government-run jobs program based on paycheck fairness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WND Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 KLEStossel, John.
Summary: "New York Times" bestselling journalist John Stossel shows how the expansion of government control is destructive for American society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.60 Stossel 2012Sykes, Charles J.
Summary: Argues that hard-working Americans are being forced by recent bailout and default practices to pay for the irresponsibility of others, explaining that the trend reflects disturbing changes in national character and the definitions of actual needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361.65 SYKNader, Ralph.
Summary: Surveying the state of American society and the economy, offers solutions for saving the country, including cracking down on corporate crime, rebooting civic education, and innovating new programs to create job growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 NADSunstein, Cass R.
Summary: Draws on behavioral psychology and economics to trace U.S. policy changes that reflect smarter and simpler government practices while preserving freedom of choice in areas ranging from mortgages and student loans to food labeling and health care.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 SUNSuskind, Ron.
Summary: Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews and in-depth research to relate the complete story of the nation's financial meltdown, from the trading floors of lower Manhattan to the power corridors inside the Beltway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 SUSFlorida, Richard L.
Summary: "From the author of the bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class, a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008-09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to "reset," and, in doing so, paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like--of how we will work and live--in the future"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 FLOTrump, Donald
Summary: The real estate magnate and reality television star lays out his plan for what America needs to do to get back on track, discussing how to create jobs, eliminate debt, and reform the tax code.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 TRUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 330.973 TRUHuckabee, Mike
Summary: An optimistic manifesto for America's future government by the former presidential candidate. The book outlines recommendations for upholding the nation's founding principles and overcoming election-focused politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011