House of cards a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street

William D. Cohan's superb and shocking narrative chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street, explaining how a combination of risky bets, corporate political infighting, lax government regulations and truly bad decision-making wrought havoc on the world fi...

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Main Author:	Cohan, William D.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Bear, Stearns & Co. Investment banking Bank failures. Financial crises.
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