Cohan, William D. <br/><br/>
House of cards :  a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street  
William D. Cohan. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Doubleday,  c2009. 
 - 468 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780385528269 0385528264 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008053915 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Bear, Stearns & Co.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Investment banking--United States.<br/>Bank failures--United States.<br/>Financial crises--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.660973