02806cam a22004814a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000250011402000250013903500130016404000230017704100080020004200080020804300120021605000230022808200150025110000310026624501190029725000370041626000350045330000290048833600260051733700280054333800270057150400670059850503770066552008930104261000410193565000390197665000300201565000150204565000490206065000350210965000400214465000400218465000400222465000320226465000280229617348314BJBSDDR20261008192159.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta120615s2012    nyu     rb    001 0 eng    a  2012023126  a9781451684933 (hbk.)  a9781451684940qebook  a17348314  aDLCbengcDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aHG 181bB264b 201200a338.973/021 aBarofsky, Neil M., d1970-10aBailout :ban inside account of how Washington abandoned Main Street while rescuing Wall Street  /cNeil Barofsky.  a1st Free Press hardcover edition  aNew York :bFree Press,c2012.  axvi, 270 pages ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-257) and index.0 aFraud 101 -- Hank wants to make it work -- The lapdog, the watchdog, and the junkyard dog -- I won't lie for you -- Drinking the Wall Street kool-aid -- The worst thing that happens, we go back home -- By Wall Street for Wall Street -- Foaming the runway -- The audacity of math -- The essential $7700 kitchen assistant -- Treasury's backseat driver -- Too big to succeed.  aIn Bailout, Neil Barofsky, the former Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), provides a behind-the-scenes account of how the U.S. government handled the 2008–2009 financial crisis bailouts.

Barofsky reveals that instead of helping everyday Americans, the Treasury Department prioritized saving large Wall Street banks—with little oversight or concern for fraud. Efforts to implement consumer protections or anti-fraud controls were met with fierce resistance from Treasury officials, particularly under Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Despite trillions being spent to stabilize financial institutions, only a small fraction of the funds—around $1.4 billion—reached homeowners facing foreclosure. The book highlights the political pressure, Wall Street influence, and bureaucratic dysfunction that made the bailout process deeply flawed and unjust.

20aTroubled Asset Relief Program (U.S.) 0aFinancexSubsidieszUnited States. 4aFinanzaszEstados Unidos  4aSubsidios  0aBanks and bankingxSubsidieszUnited States. 0aCorporate debtzUnited States. 4aDeuda corporativa zEstados Unidos  0aGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. 4aCrisis financiera global, 2008-2009 0aRich peoplezUnited States. 4aRicos zEstados Unidos