Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street

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DESCRIPTION : SHORTLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2010They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were to o big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees.Andrew Ross Sorkin, the news-breaking New York Times journalist, delivers the first true in-the-room account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from reviled Lehman Brothers CEO Dick 'the gorilla' Fuld, to banking whiz Jamie Dimon, from bullish Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to AIG's Joseph Cassano, dubbed 'The Man Who Crashed the World'.Through unprecedented access to the key players, Sorkin meticulously re-creates frantic phone calls, foul-mouthed rows and white-knuckle panic, as Wall Street fought to save itself. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9780141043166 BY (AUTHOR) Sorkin, Andrew Ross PUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd PUBLICATION DATE : June 26, 2010 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Penguin Books Ltd LANGUAGE : English AGE : Tertiary Education PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 198 mm x 129 mm WEIGHT : 460 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Economics, Finance, Business & Management Show more