Author neil barofsky talks about his book, bailout. In this bracing, pageturning account of his strangerthanfiction baptism into the corrupted ways of washington, neil barofsky offers an irrefutable indictment. Since moving to washington in late 2008, he has married and become a father. Neil barofsky, of new york, nominated by president george w. For eight years prior, he was a federal prosecutor in the us attorneys office for the southern district of new york, during which time he headed the mortgage fraud group. Jun 24, 2014 neil barofsky, the governments bailout watchdog, isnt done chewing up the big banks. How washington abandoned main street while rescuing wall street, it remains worth reading as an indepth, consolidated account of how the bush and obama administrations pretended to be supporting overwhelmed home owners while pumping hundreds of billions into. The government used a controversial bailout program to. Barofsky, who was the special inspector general for tarp, was in a vantage point to view the entirety of the obama policy apparatus, from the use of tarp to pad bank balance sheets to treasurys. The government used a controversial bailout program to help. Neil barofsky resigns as bailout inspector the new york. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read bailout.
Neil barofsky is currently a senior fellow at new york university school of law. From the opening of this latest book on the governments mishandling of the 20089 financial crisis, neil barofsky establishes his populist narrative from his twoplus years as the tarp cop. What deals are happening, who theyre happening with. Oct 21, 2010 even though by now we know most what neil barofsky packs into his book, bailout. Written by neil barofsky, audiobook narrated by joe barrett. An inside account of how washington abandoned main street while rescuing wall street, is a necessary addition to the financial crisis oeuvre. Behind the scenes of the bank bailouts marketplace. I doubt barofsky realized the extent to which trillions were leaving. From his first day on the job as the special inspector general in charge.
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