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Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street
Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Description for Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street
Paperback. They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. This book gives an account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from Lehman Brothers CEO Dick the gorilla Fuld, to AIG's Joseph Cassano, dubbed 'The Man Who Crashed the World'. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 466.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2010
They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141043166
SKU
V9780141043166
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-97
About Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the award-winning chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for the New York Times, a columnist, and assistant editor of business and finance news. He has won a Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honor in business journalism, and a Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award. In 2007, the World Economic Forum names him a Young Global ... Read more
Reviews for Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street
He has done a remarkable job in producing a lively account that will be hard for subsequent authors to beat
Gillian Tett, FT
As close to a definitive account as we are likely to get
Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times
Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless ... Read more
Gillian Tett, FT
As close to a definitive account as we are likely to get
Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times
Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless ... Read more