The sellout how three decades of Wall Street greed and government mismanagement destroyed the global financial system

Summary: Offers an account of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden era in national socioeconomic history--not merely a recounting of the collapse of Wall Street's legendary firms, but a broad examination of the people and the forces who killed Wall Street.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061892486 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
ISBN: 0061892483 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
Physical Description: electronic
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Publisher: Pymble, NSW ; New York, NY : HarperCollins e-books, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from eBook information screen.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Fun and games -- Power and perks -- Sex, drugs, and debt -- An education in risk -- Bigger is better -- Financial renaissance -- Paying the price -- One big happy family -- Opening the floodgates -- No more Mother Merrill -- The money machine -- Perverse incentives -- Top of the world -- Cash stops flowing -- No clue -- The dancing stops -- The end begins -- "There are rumors that you guys are in trouble" -- Free fall -- The rescue -- Bailout nation.
System Details Note:	Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 685 KB).