{"product_id":"9781504019910","title":"Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller: A history of the S\u0026amp;L scandal that caused a financial disaster for American taxpayers: “Hard to put down” (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For most of the 20th century, savings and loans were an invaluable thread of the American economy. But in the 1970s, Congress passed sweeping financial deregulation at the insistence of industry insiders that allowed these once quaint and useful institutions to spread their taxpayer-insured assets into new and risky investments.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The looser regulations and reduced federal oversight also opened the industry to an army of shady characters, white-collar criminals, and organized crime groups. Less than 10 years later, half the nation’s savings and loans were insolvent, leaving the American taxpayer on the hook for a large hunk of the nearly half a trillion dollars that had gone missing.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The authors of \u003ci\u003eInside Job\u003c\/i\u003e saw signs of danger long before the scandal hit nationwide. Decades after the savings and loan collapse, \u003ci\u003eInside Job\u003c\/i\u003e remains a thrilling read and a sobering reminder that our financial institutions are more fragile than they appear.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178656219376,"sku":"9781504019910","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504019910_p0.jpg?v=1763711391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504019910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}