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<b>A brilliantly reported true-life thriller that goes behind the scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington. </b> In one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin-a <i>New York Times</i> columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters-delivers the first definitive blow- by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.
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Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin
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- Released
- 2009
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- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Too Big to Fail
- Subtitle
- The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Andrew Ross Sorkin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 640
- ISBN10
- 0143120271
- ISBN13
- 9780143120278
- Series
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Business, Politics, USA, Journalism, Finance, American History, 21st Century, Investing
- Description
- <b>A brilliantly reported true-life thriller that goes behind the scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington. </b> In one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin-a <i>New York Times</i> columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters-delivers the first definitive blow- by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.