The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry - Couverture souple

Black, William K.

 
9780292754188: The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
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ISBN 10 : 0292754183 ISBN 13 : 9780292754188
Editeur : University of Texas Press, 2013

Synopsis

In this expert insider's account of the savings and loan debacle of the 1980s, William Black lays bare the strategies that corrupt CEOs and CFOs-in collusion with those who have regulatory oversight of their industries-use to defraud companies for their personal gain. Recounting the investigations he conducted as Director of Litigation for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Black fully reveals how Charles Keating and hundreds of other S&L owners took advantage of a weak regulatory environment to perpetrate accounting fraud on a massive scale. In the new afterword, he also authoritatively links the S&L crash to the business failures of 2008 and beyond, showing how CEOs then and now are using the same tactics to defeat regulatory restraints and commit the same types of destructive fraud.

Black uses the latest advances in criminology and economics to develop a theory of why "control fraud"-looting a company for personal profit-tends to occur in waves that make financial markets deeply inefficient. He also explains how to prevent such waves. Throughout the book, Black drives home the larger point that control fraud is a major, ongoing threat in business that requires active, independent regulators to contain it. His book is a wake-up call for everyone who believes that market forces alone will keep companies and their owners honest.

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À propos de l'auteur

William K. Black is Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. His leadership role in investigating the S&L crisis has been widely praised. He recently helped the World Bank develop anticorruption initiatives and served as an expert for Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight in its enforcement action against Fannie Mae’s former senior management.

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Éditeur
University of Texas Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0292754183
ISBN 13 
9780292754188
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780292706385: The Best Way To Rob A Bank Is To Own One: How Corporate Executives And Politicians Looted The S & L Industry

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0292706383 ISBN 13 :  9780292706385
Editeur : University of Texas Press, 2005
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