Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street & Washington Fought
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Type
- Economy
- Era
- 2010s
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Region
- USA
- Country
- United States
- Age Level
- Young Adults, Adults
- Subjects
- Business, Economics & Industry
- Modified Item
- No
- ISBN
- 9780143118244
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143118242
ISBN-13
9780143118244
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102840169
Product Key Features
Book Title
Too Big to Fail : The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--And Themselves
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Banks & Banking, Economic History, Economic Conditions, United States / 21st Century, Industries / Financial Services
Genre
Business & Economics, History
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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 dramatic close-up, his book is hard to beat." - Financial Times "Sorkin's book, like its author, is a phenom...an absolute tour de force." - The American Prospect "Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis." - The Atlantic Monthly "Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless through Great Depression II." -Tom Wolfe "...Sorkin has succeeded in writing the book of the crisis, with amazing levels of detail and access." -Reuters "Sorkin can write. His storytelling makes "Liar's Poker" look like a children's book." -SNL Financial, "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 dramatic close-up, his book is hard to beat." --Financial Times "Sorkin's book, like its author, is a phenom . . . an absolute tour de force." --The American Prospect "Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis." --The Atlantic Monthly "Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless through Great Depression II." -- Tom Wolfe "Sorkin has succeeded in writing the book of the crisis, with amazing levels of detail and access." -- Reuters "Sorkin can write. His storytelling makes Liar's Poker look like a children's book." --SNL Financial
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
330.973/0931
Synopsis
Brand New for 2018: an updated edition featuring a new afterword to mark the 10th anniversary of the financial crisis The brilliantly reported New York Times bestseller that goes behind the scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington to give the definitive account of the crisis, the basis for the HBO film " Too Big To Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in 80 years, and it is told brilliantly." --The Economist In one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin--a New York Times columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters--delivers the first definitive blow-by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy., NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER * The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington " Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told brilliantly." -- The Economist NOW AN HBO FILM One of the most gripping financial stories in decades, Too Big to Fail delivers a blow-by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates all the drama and turmoil of those turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how--motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation--the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy. This edition has been updated with a new afterword reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the crisis., NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER - The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington " Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told brilliantly." -- The Economist NOW AN HBO FILM One of the most gripping financial stories in decades, Too Big to Fail delivers a blow-by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates all the drama and turmoil of those turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how--motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation--the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy. This edition has been updated with a new afterword reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the crisis.
LC Classification Number
HB3722
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