TY - BOOK AU - Bernanke,Ben AU - Geithner,Timothy F. AU - Paulson,Henry M. AU - Liang,J.Nellie TI - First responders: inside the U.S. strategy for fighting the 2007-2009 global financial crisis SN - 9780300244441 (hardcover) AV - HB 3717 F527 2020 U1 - 330.973/0931 PY - 2020///] CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - Crisis financiera global, 2008-2009 KW - Financial crises KW - United States KW - Crisis financiera KW - Estados Unidos KW - Banks and banking KW - State supervision KW - Bancos KW - Supervisión estatal KW - Bank failures KW - Quiebras bancarias KW - Monetary policy KW - Politica monetaria N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Faced with the prospect of a new Great Depression in 2008 when the collapse of Lehman Brothers set off a global panic, the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and other agencies took extraordinary measures to contain the damage and steady the financial system and the economy. Edited by three of the policymakers who led the government's response to the crisis, with chapters written by the teams tasked with finding policy solutions, this book provides a comprehensive accounting of the internal debates and controversies surrounding the measures that were taken to stabilize the economy ER -