The smartest guys in the room the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron
Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President's Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you have t...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The smartest guys in the room : |b the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron / |c Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Portfolio, |c 2003. | ||
| 300 | |a xxv, 435 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Authors' notes and acknowledgments -- |t Cast of characters -- |t Our values -- |t Introduction -- |g ch. 1. |t Lunch on a silver platter -- |g ch. 2. |t "Please keep making us millions" -- |g ch. 3. |t "We were the apostles" -- |g 4. |t The first prima donna -- |g 5. |t Guys with spikes -- |g 6. |t The Empress of Energy -- |g 7. |t The 15 percent solution -- |g 8. |t A recipe for disaster -- |g 9. |t The Klieg-Light syndrome -- |g 10. |t The Hotel Kenneth-Lay-a -- |g 11. |t Andy Fastow's secrets -- |g 12. |t The big enchilada -- |g 13. "An |t unnatural act" -- |g 14. |t The beating heart of Enron -- |g 15. |t Everybody loves Enron -- |g 16. |t When pigs could fly -- |g 17. |t Gaming California -- |g 18. |t Bandwidth hog -- |g 19. |t "Ask why, asshole" -- |g 20. |t "I want to resign" -- |g 21. |t The $45 million question -- |g 22. |t "We have no cash!" -- |t Epilogue : isn't anybody sorry? -- |t Index. |
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| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Enron Corp. |x History. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Business failures. | |
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