TY - BOOK AU - Carron,Andrew S. TI - The plight of the thrift institutions SN - 0815713002 AV - HG2152 .C37 U1 - 332.20973 PY - 1982/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution KW - Thrift institutions KW - Financial institutions KW - United States N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical footnotes N2 - The book examines the various policy alternatives and identities those that can effectively and efficiently aid the thrifts. Part of any such policy, however, will be a major consolidation of the industry. The author finds that one-fourth of the savings and loan associations must merge to survive, and that substantial government financial assistance will be required to complete the process ER -