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The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One is a nonfiction work of financial history, regulation, and white collar crime by William K. Black, a former bank regulator and law professor. The book examines the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s as a case study in control fraud, Black’s term for fraud committed by those who control an institution and use it as a weapon for personal gain. Rather than treating the S and L debacle as a simple story of bad markets or isolated misconduct, the book argues that executive incentives, weak oversight, and political interference created a system in which looting could become routine. It also connects that crisis to later financial breakdowns, especially the behavior that contributed to the 2008 collapse. The book is both an insider account and an argument for stronger, independent regulation as the main defense against institutionalized fraud.