| Description |
1 online resource (147 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; The Federal Government as Banker; Theoretical and Political Underpinnings of Federal Credit Programs; History of Federal Credit Programs; Overview of Federal Credit Programs; Costs and Benefits of Federal Credit Programs; The Emergency Federal Credit Programs; Policy Implications of the Emergency Credit Programs; Improving Federal Credit Programs; References; Index; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
It is a long-held perception that America is a nation where the government typically stays out of day-to-day business activities. Yet the U.S. federal government is in many ways the biggest and most influential financial institution in the world, with 10 trillion in federal guarantees and loans going to the private sector. Even before recent implementation of massive interventions meant to stave off financial calamity, the federal government directly or indirectly provided significantly more credit than any of the country's largest private sector banks. And, of course, the government's credit. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Credit -- United States.
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Credit. |
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United States. |
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Government lending -- United States.
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Government lending. |
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Loans -- United States -- Government guaranty.
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Loans. |
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Credit control -- United States.
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Credit control. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Elliott, Douglas J., 1959- Uncle Sam in pinstripes. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011 9780815721390 (DLC) 2011031960 (OCoLC)696099431 |
| ISBN |
9780815721406 (electronic book) |
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0815721404 (electronic book) |
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9781283294478 |
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1283294478 |
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0815721390 |
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9780815721390 |
| Standard No. |
9786613294470 |
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