13 Bankers

{{short description|2010 book by Simon Johnson and James Kwak}}

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| name = 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

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| author = Simon Johnson, James Kwak

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| subject = Economics, 2007–2008 financial crisis

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| publisher = Pantheon Books

| pub_date = March 30, 2010

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| pages = 320

| isbn = 978-0-307-37905-4

| oclc = 699842864

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13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown is a 2010 book written by economist Simon Johnson and historian James Kwak.{{cite journal |author=C. Fred Bergsten |date=Nov–Dec 2010 |title=13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown |journal=Foreign Affairs |volume=89 |issue=6 |pages=196–7 }}{{cite journal |author=Jordan Timm |date=April 26, 2010 |title=13 BANKERS: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown |journal=Canadian Business |volume=83 |issue=6 |page=71 }}{{cite journal |author=John Chown |date=August 2010 |title=13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown |journal=Central Banking |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=126–7 }} According to economist C. Fred Bergsten, the book offers an analysis of the 2007–2008 financial crisis.