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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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | 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 financial system. |
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| Physical Description: | 468 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780385528269 : 0385528264 |
| Author Notes: | WILLIAM D. COHAN, a former senior Wall Street investment banker, is the bestselling author of The Last Tycoons and the winner of the 2007 FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. He writes for The Financial Times, Fortune, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Daily Beast, and appears frequently on CNBC. |
