Jun 09, 2014 as its title suggests, timothy geithners book, stress test, is stressful reading. Geithner, 52, was president of the influential new york branch of the federal reserve in 2008 when the. Visualizza tutti i 14 formati e le edizioni nascondi altri formati ed edizioni. Timothy geithner s book stress test, a memoir of the former treasury secretarys history of managing financial crises, hits the shelves may 12. Journalist michael grunwald is credited as geithner s collaborator for the writing. Unlike most of his recent predecessors as treasury secretary, timothy f. Timothy geithner testifies during a hearing on capitol hill in washington, dc. Tims book will forever be the definitive work on what causes financial panics and. Reflections on financial crises 01 by geithner, timothy isbn. In stress test, geithner draws upon nearly three decades of public service to share lessons in the craft of crisis response to help guide policy. Stress test is the story of tim geithner s education in financial crises. May 22, 2014 stress test, if it were turned into a play, could all take place indoors, like something from pinter or sartre.
As president of the new york fed and secretary of the treasury, geithner had a key role in government efforts to recover from the financial crisis of 200708 and the great recession. Read stress test reflections on financial crises by timothy geithner available from rakuten kobo. Simply as storytelling, stress test is a wellwritten, gripping narrative a ringside seat at the crisis. Although he discusses his education, world travels as a young person and experiences in the clinton administration, the bulk of the narrative is a firstperson account of the financial crisis and subsequent bailouts. May, 2014 timothy geithners new book, stress test, runs 580 pages and covers countless moments of crisis and fear during his time as new york fed president and treasury secretary. The chicago council on global affairs will stream the event live on its youtube.
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For stress test is meant to be a story of successful policybut that success is defined not by what happened but by what didnt. See all 11 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. As president of the federal reserve bank of new york and then as president barack obamas secretary of the treasury, timothy f. Timothy geithners stint as us treasury secretary, which began in 2009, left an uncertain legacy. May 22, 2014 the first book is stress test, former treasury secretary timothy geithners memoir. To critics on the right, geithner was a lackey of president barack obama, a proponent of wasteful government spending and an enabler of economychoking regulations. Geithner and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract.
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Reflections on financial crises is a 2014 memoir by former united states secretary of the treasury timothy geithner, written as an account of the effort to save the united states economy from collapsing in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Ive now read four or five of these first drafts of the history of the great recession, and i believe stress test represents the biggest contribution of the bunch. The former treasury secretary returns the reader to the terrifying days of the 20072009 financial crisis. Geithner helped the united states navigate the worst financial crisis since the great depression, from boom to bust to rescue to recovery. May 23, 2014 timothy geithner discusses his book, stress test. Geithner stress test is the story of tim geithner s education in financial crises. Reflections on financial crises as a distinguished fellow at the council on foreign relations. Hes written a really good book we might as well get that out of the way, as so much else about timothy f. Geithner s new memoir stress test defends the bailout decisions he made during the financial crisis to help save the economy. Feb 25, 2014 the financial crisis was a stress test of our nation, an extreme realtime challenge of a democracys ability to act when the world needed creative, decisive, politically unpalatable action, mr. Tim geithners stress test shows what government got wrong. If you are still wondering how to get free pdf epub of book stress test. Reflections on financial crises written by timothy f. The central irony of stress test, the new memoir by former u.
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