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Author McDonald, Lawrence G.

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

Publication Info. New York : Crown Business, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HB3722 .M34 2009    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xi, 351 pages ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
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.
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.
Subject Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) -- History.
Lehman Brothers (1993-2008)
History.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
Financial crises -- United States.
Financial crises.
United States.
Added Author Robinson, Patrick, 1939-
Added Title Inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
ISBN 9780307588333
0307588335