American International Group / JP Morgan / Morgan Stanley / Goldman Sachs / Merrill Lynch / JPMorgan Chase / Long-Term Capital Management / Bank of America / New York Times / Lehman Brothers / Bear Stearns / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
ZAR / USD / /
Event
M&A / Bankruptcy / /
Facility
George Washington University / Second Reader Columbia University / /
IndustryTerm
crisis management / broadest possible services / financial systems / insurance / bank mergers / finance / investment banking services / investment banking / bank depositors / venerable investment bank / bank / investment banks / riskier investment banking / investment bank / banking / bank runs / conventional commercial banking / investment-banking titans / /
Movie
A Love Story / /
Organization
Reagan’s administration / House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance / Columbia University / Reagan Administration / International Monetary Fund / US government / New York Fed / House Committee on Banking and Financial Services / George Washington University / Federal Reserve Bank of New York / Senate Committee on Banking / Housing / and Urban Affairs / US Federal Reserve / NY Fed / Federal Reserve Board / Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation / US Treasury Department / /
Person
George W. Bush / Michael Milken / Donald T. Regan / Ayn Rand / Clinton / Hank Paulson / Ben Bernanke / Joe Berlinger / Thomas Flynn Professor Charles Armstrong / William Deringer / Paul Krugman / Alan Greenspan / William Shakespeare / Robert Rubin / Ronald Reagan / Timothy Geithner / Sheila Bair / /
Position
Advisor / Treasury Secretary / CEO and Treasury Secretary / President / player / head / Nobel Prizewinning economist / CEO / As CEO / chairman / director / Chairperson / columnist / objectivist writer / All The President / Another key player / /
Too Big to Forget A close look at moral hazard in late 20th century American Finance “Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.”—William Shakespeare; Timon of Athens; Act III, Scene 5