Meltdown: The Financial Crisis, Consumer Protection, and the Road Forward

Gregory Squires, professor of sociology and public policy & public administration, reveals how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was able to curb important unsafe and unfair practices that led to the recent financial crisis. In interviews with key government, industry and advocacy groups along with deep archival research, he shows where the CFPB was able to overcome many abusive practices, where it was less able to do so and why.