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Sheila Bair

Biography

Sheila Bair

Sheila Bair is the former Chairman of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation). She has been covered --- and lauded --- everywhere from The New Yorker to The Washington Post  to The Wall Street Journal, and in 2008 and 2009 Forbes named her the second-most powerful woman in the world. Prior to assuming her post at the FDIC, Bair served as assistant secretary for financial institutions at the US Department of the Treasury and as senior vice president for government relations of the New York Stock Exchange.

Sheila Bair

Books by Sheila Bair

by Sheila Bair - Current Affairs, Economics, Nonfiction, Young Adult 14+

In 2008, America went through a terrible financial crisis, and we are still suffering the consequences. As the former head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair worked to protect families during the crisis and keep their bank deposits safe. In THE BULLIES OF WALL STREET, she describes the many ways in which a broken system led families into financial trouble, and also explains the decisions being made at the time by the most powerful people in the country that led to the recession.