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Index
Cover
Additional Praise for Zombie Banks
Bloomberg Press
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Cast of Characters
Chapter 1 Zombies in Our Midst
The Art of Keeping Zombies Alive
Kicking the Can Down the Road
Zombies and Lost Decades
Chapter 2 Lessons Not Learned
The U.S. Thrift Crisis
Japan’s Lost Decade
Delaying the Fix Increases Costs
Chapter 3 Europe’s Sovereign Blues
When PIGS Fly
Zombies in the Pigsty
Putting Lipstick on a Pig
Spain’s Zombies
When PIGS Stop Flying
Chapter 4 Germany’s Untouchable Zombies
Landesbanks in the Land of Banks
Politics and Banking
Cheap Money, One Last Time
Even the EU Can’t Shut Them Down
Irish Connection 2.0
Other German Zombies
Broken Models, Suffering PIGS
Chapter 5 Ireland’s Zombies Bring the House Down
The Celtic Tiger’s Final Sprint
The Guarantee from Hell
You Can’t Burn the Creditors
Not So Innocent EU
Zombies No More?
The Crippled Housing Market
Will the Tiger Make It?
Chapter 6 The Reincarnation of Iceland’s Banks
The Land of Fire and Ice Catches Fire
The Unheeded Fire Alarm
Devaluation No Panacea
Good Bank–Bad Bank, Sort of . . .
The Icesave Saga
Reincarnation and Recovery
Chapter 7 U.S. Zombies on IV Drip
Saving Citi—Again
A Snake Gobbling Up Poisoned Rats
“Pretend and Extend”
Turn a Blind Eye to Weak Capital
Bad Bank or Just an Administrative Concept?
Tenuous Existence
Chapter 8 The Fight to Rein in the Banks
Missed Opportunity
Volcker’s Friends and Enemies
Fear of Lincoln’s Amendment Helps Volcker
The Republican Toughie
Finding Ways to Skinny the Banks
The Farm Boy versus Goliath
Never-Ending Assault
Chapter 9 To Foreclose or Not to Foreclose?
Protecting Home Equity Loans
Banks Wave the Moral-Hazard Card
Principal Reduction: The Bogeyman
Servicing Costs Rise
Crappy Mortgages Returned
When the Levees Are Opened
Chapter 10 Bigger Banks, More Derivatives, Higher Risk
Banks Get Help in Their Derivatives Fight
Unaligned Interests of Bondholders
Too Interconnected to Fail
Chapter 11 Killing Zombies and Preventing Their Return
Who Bears the Cost?
The Fallacy Over Capital
Breaking Up the Big Boys
Coming to Terms with Reality
Epilogue
About the Author
Index
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