Sheila Bair

"Princess Persephone was cold in her castle on freezing Ganymede. So, when Aluminum Jim came calling to sell her tin sheets to nail onto the exterior walls to keep out the cold, Persephone was only to happy to agree to a loan, and sign the contract without reading it. What could she do when the tin sheets didn't work, she couldn't repay the loan, and Jim claimed the castle?"--

Billy wants the nice things that his friends have: an umbrella for when it rains, a solar-powered fan, a purple-striped wig, neon-green shoes, and an anchovy grill. But he can't pay back the loan that he took from Selling Seal to pay for everything. What will happen?

The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression.

"In 2008, America went through a terrible financial crisis, and we are still suffering the consequences. Families lost their homes, had to give up their pets, and struggled to pay for food and medicine. Businesses didn't have money to buy equipment or hire and pay workers. Millions of people lost their jobs and their life savings. More than 100,000 businesses went bankrupt ... [Former FDIC chairman Bair] describes the many ways in which a broken system...

Princess Persephone goes against her advising delegation and prints more money so her friends can go on vacation, which ends up spiking up prices and creating inflation.