Bibliograph

The Seven Sins of Wall Street, Big Banks, their Washington Lackeys, and the Next Financial Crisis

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The Seven Sins of Wall Street, Big Banks, their Washington Lackeys, and the Next Financial Crisis

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Seven Sins of Wall Street

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

870946266

Sub title

Big Banks, their Washington Lackeys, and the Next Financial Crisis

Summary

We all know that the financial crisis of 2008 came dangerously close to pushing the United States and the world into a depression rivaling that of the 1930s. But what is astonishing?and should make us not just afraid but very afraid?are the shenanigans of the biggest banks since the crisis. Bob Ivry passionately, eloquently, and convincingly details the operatic ineptitude of America's best-compensated executives and the ways the government kowtows to what it mistakenly imagines is their competence and success. Ivry shows that the only thing that has changed since the meltdown is how too-

Table Of Contents

Scorecard: Cast of Characters; Introduction: The Cost of Doing Business; 1. GLUTTONY -- Size: Sherry Hunt and the Champions of Responsible Finance; 2. WRATH -- Secrecy: Mark Pittman and the Patron Saint of Goldman Sachs; 3. ENVY -- Capture: Jamie Dimon and Going Long Risk Some Belly Tranches (Especially Where Default May Realize); 4. PRIDE -- The Myth of Competence: Deniz Anginer and Conjectural Government Guarantees; 5. LUST -- Complexity: Saule T. Omarova and the Phantom Waiver; 6. SLOTH -- Impunity: Walter Lacey, Marianne Miller-Lacey, and Slapstick Tragedy7. GREED -- Class War: Rebecca Black and the Pneumatic TubeConclusions; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

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