Bibliograph

A colossal failure of common sense, the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson

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A colossal failure of common sense, the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A colossal failure of common sense

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

464291510

Responsibility statement

Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson

Sub title

the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers

Summary

What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers--right from the belly of the beast--arguing that this collapse need not have happened

Table Of Contents

A rocky road to Wall Street -- Scaring Morgan Stanley to death -- Only the Bears smiled -- The man in the ivory tower -- A miracle on the waterway -- The day Delta Air Lines went bust -- The tragedy of General Motors -- The mortgage bonanza blows out -- King Richard Thunders forward -- a 100 million dollar crash for subprime's biggest beast -- Wall Street stunned as Kirk quits -- Fuld, defiant to the end

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Inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers

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