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100 1 _aCohan, William D.
245 1 0 _aHouse of cards :
_ba tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street
_cWilliam D. Cohan.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bDoubleday,
_cc2009.
300 _a468 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index.
520 _aWilliam 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.
610 2 0 _aBear, Stearns & Co.
650 0 _aInvestment banking
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aBank failures
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aFinancial crises
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aWall Street (New York, N.Y.)
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