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Too Big to Fail
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The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System -- And Themselves
By
Andrew Ross Sorkin
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Free shipping NZ wide Ships within 24 hours from USA supplier | Rating: | | | Format: | Hardcover, 624 pages | | Other Information: | Illustrated | | Release Date: | October 2009 | Acclaimed "New York Times" reporter Sorkin delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. Reviews..".comprehensive and chilling..." -"TIME" ..".his action scenes are intimate and engaging..." -"The New Yorker" "Sorkin's prodigious reporting and lively writing put the reader in the room for some of the biggest-dollar conference calls in history. It's an entertaining book, brisk book...Sorkin skillfully captures the raucous enthusiasm and riotous greed that fueled this rational irrationality." -"The New York Times Book Review" ..".brings the drama alive with unusual inside access and compelling detail...A deeply researched account of the financial meltdown." -"BusinessWeek" ..".meticulously researched...told brilliantly. Other blow-by-blow accounts are in the works. It is hard to imagine them being this riveting." -"The Economist" "Sorkin's densely detailed and astonishing narrative of the epic financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account...as a dra |
| Publisher: | Viking Books | | ISBN: | 0670021253 |
| EAN: | 9780670021253 | | Dimensions: | 24.28 x 16.56 x 4.83 centimeters (0.95 kg) |
| Age Range: |
15+ years |
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