After the Fall: The Inexcusable Failure of American Finance

by Kevin Phillips

A fascinating up-to-date look at the roots of our financial crisis from the New York Times bestselling author Kevin Phillips Kevin Phillips's Bad Money revealed the roots of the financial malignance that led to 2008's devastating market meltdown, explaining how the financial sector hijacked the American economy and put our very global future at risk. In this substantial and thought-provoking update, he refocuses his arguments through the lens of the real losses and reverses that have befallen us since the book's publication. Drawing on the latest developments on Wall Street and the response from the Obama White House, After the Fall provides a sobering yet illuminating postmortem of how we got ourselves into this crisis, and what we must do going forward if we hope to emerge from it.

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 31, 2009

Reviews

[Jacques Hennequet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, but ultimately misguided forecast

Well written and researched, but ultimately misguided. None of the author's forecasts have materialized, yet, and it's been two decades.