Abstract
Abstract Chapter 6 explores the American government’s response to the financial crisis. This crisis raised two pressing issues. The first demanded swift action: How can we halt the financial freefall? The response was a slew of rapid relief and recovery initiatives. The second issue probed deeper into the fundamentals of America’s financialized landscape: How should the system—both its institutions and policies—that faltered so dramatically be reformed? While immediate measures were evident in the distributed relief—its nature, quantity, and recipients—the reformative journey was more protracted and intricate in terms of its legislative process and intended outcomes.
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