{"product_id":"13-bankers-simon-johnson-9780307476609","title":"13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown","description":"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 it could first hold the global economy hostage and then use its political muscle to fight off meaningful reform. \u003ci\u003e13 Bankers\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly charts the rise to power of the financial sector and forcefully argues that we must break up the big banks if we want to avoid future financial catastrophes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpdated, with additional analysis of the government's recent attempt to reform the banking industry, this is a timely and expert account of our troubled political economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Johnson, James Kwak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030747660X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307476609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2011 pg. 20","brand":"Simon Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913623929087,"sku":"9780307476609","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bce685ea-70be-4a0b-98bf-fde45c937574.jpg?v=1680621429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/13-bankers-simon-johnson-9780307476609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}