From Buildings and Loans to Bail-Outs: A History of the American Savings and Loan Industry, 1831-1995

This first complete history of the American thrift industry traces its development from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century through the resolution of the savings and loan crisis in the 1990s. Because S&Ls offer affordable forms of consumer finance, these institutions have helped millions of people achieve the American Dream of home ownership. Although the thrift crisis of the 1980s and early 1990s dealt a severe blow to the financial health and reputation of the industry, this book reveals the ways government resolved it, and how the industry was reinvented in its aftermath.

Author: David L. Mason
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780521101226

About the Author
Mason, David L.: - David L. Mason is Assistant Professor of History at Young Harris College. Prior to earning his PhD in Business History from Ohio State University, he served as a corporate banker for nearly a decade, holding positions at the Bank of America and the Resolution Trust Corporation. He is also the author of articles for Essays in Economic and Business History and Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of History.

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