House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street William D. Cohan.
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TextPublisher: New York : Doubleday, c2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 468 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780385528269; 0385528264Subject(s): Bear, Stearns & Co | Investment banking -- United States | Bank failures -- United States | Financial crises -- United States | Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)DDC classification: 332.660973 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index.
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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