From buildings and loans to bail-outs : a history of the American savings and loan industry, 1831-1995 /
For most Americans, the savings and loan industry is defined by the fraud, ineptitude and failures of the 1980s. However, these events overshadow a long history in which thrifts played a key role in helping thousands of households buy homes. First appearing in the 1830s savings and loans, then known...
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Cambridge :
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2004.
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