http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_729_RTC.mp3 Dave Iannarone has seen all of this before - housing bubble, banking failure, government bailout. He negotiated the sale of assets in the savings & loan crisis. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_729_RTC.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_729_RTC.mp3 <h4>The Last Financial Crisis</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/837d418061b991e6e221a94d4e7aa61a" alt="Dave Iannarone" height="100" width="100" />Dave Iannarone</p><p>Leaders in Washington are still battling in public over how to bail out the banking industry, but the details over how loans will be negotiated on behalf of the taxpayers will likely be worked out behind the scenes.</p><p>In the late 1980s, Dave Iannarone had a sweet job at Citibank, but when the Savings and Loan crisis hit, he left that job to join the Resolution Trust Corporation - the government agency formed to deal with the failed banks. Dave talks with Dick Gordon about the excitement and pressure of representing the biggest client of all - the U.S. taxpayer. And what he sees as the government's role in managing the crisis we're in now.</p><h4><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></h4><h4>Running a Debt-free Business</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/a6f2dcddf3f342936a35b82248bfd053" alt="Sam Beasley" height="100" width="100" />Sam Beasley</p><p>Sam Beasley liked easy credit, and within six years he had racked up nearly $60,000 of debt. He cut up his credit cards after one humiliating road trip during which his dependence on a Chevron card became all too clear. Sam not only paid off his credit cards, but today runs several businesses - all without using credit. </p><ul><li>Read more about <a href="http://www.wealth-wellbeing.com/">Sam and his new book</a><br /></li></ul><h4><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a></h4><p><br /></p> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:00