The Resource House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, William D. Cohan
House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, William D. Cohan
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The item House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, William D. Cohan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- William D. Cohan's superb and shocking narrative chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street, explaining how a combination of risky bets, corporate political infighting, lax government regulations and truly bad decision-making wrought havoc on the world financial system
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 468 p.
- Contents
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- How it happened : ten days in March. The ultimate roach motel ; The confidence game ; "Bear Stearns is not in trouble!" ; The run on the bank ; The armies of the night ; Feeding frenzy ; Total panic ; The price of moral hazard? $2 ; The Fed comes to the rescue (after the bubble is over) ; Mooning at the wake ; New developments from hell ; "We're the bad guys"
- Why it happened : eighty-five years. Cy ; Ace ; Jimmy ; May Day ; Haimchinkel Malintz Anaynikal ; The joy of mortgage-backed securities ; "Bullies always cave" ; The math whiz and the baseball star ; "We're all going to a picnic and the tickets are $250 million each" ; The fish rots from the head
- The end of the second Gilded Age. The 10-in-10 strategy ; Cayne CAPs Spector ; Cioffi's bubble ; "The entire subprime market is toast" ; "If there's fraud, we're gonna pay" ; A very stupid decision ; Nashville ; The Cayne Mutiny ; Desperate times call for hare-brained schemes ; The deluge
- Isbn
- 9780385528269
- Label
- House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street
- Title
- House of cards
- Title remainder
- a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street
- Statement of responsibility
- William D. Cohan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- William D. Cohan's superb and shocking narrative chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street, explaining how a combination of risky bets, corporate political infighting, lax government regulations and truly bad decision-making wrought havoc on the world financial system
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cohan, William D
- Dewey number
- 332.660973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG4930.5
- LC item number
- .C64 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bear, Stearns & Co
- Investment banking
- Bank failures
- Financial crises
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, William D. Cohan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index
- Contents
- How it happened : ten days in March. The ultimate roach motel ; The confidence game ; "Bear Stearns is not in trouble!" ; The run on the bank ; The armies of the night ; Feeding frenzy ; Total panic ; The price of moral hazard? $2 ; The Fed comes to the rescue (after the bubble is over) ; Mooning at the wake ; New developments from hell ; "We're the bad guys" -- Why it happened : eighty-five years. Cy ; Ace ; Jimmy ; May Day ; Haimchinkel Malintz Anaynikal ; The joy of mortgage-backed securities ; "Bullies always cave" ; The math whiz and the baseball star ; "We're all going to a picnic and the tickets are $250 million each" ; The fish rots from the head -- The end of the second Gilded Age. The 10-in-10 strategy ; Cayne CAPs Spector ; Cioffi's bubble ; "The entire subprime market is toast" ; "If there's fraud, we're gonna pay" ; A very stupid decision ; Nashville ; The Cayne Mutiny ; Desperate times call for hare-brained schemes ; The deluge
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 468 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780385528269
- Lccn
- 2008053915
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn289095963
- 1222993
- Label
- House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street, William D. Cohan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index
- Contents
- How it happened : ten days in March. The ultimate roach motel ; The confidence game ; "Bear Stearns is not in trouble!" ; The run on the bank ; The armies of the night ; Feeding frenzy ; Total panic ; The price of moral hazard? $2 ; The Fed comes to the rescue (after the bubble is over) ; Mooning at the wake ; New developments from hell ; "We're the bad guys" -- Why it happened : eighty-five years. Cy ; Ace ; Jimmy ; May Day ; Haimchinkel Malintz Anaynikal ; The joy of mortgage-backed securities ; "Bullies always cave" ; The math whiz and the baseball star ; "We're all going to a picnic and the tickets are $250 million each" ; The fish rots from the head -- The end of the second Gilded Age. The 10-in-10 strategy ; Cayne CAPs Spector ; Cioffi's bubble ; "The entire subprime market is toast" ; "If there's fraud, we're gonna pay" ; A very stupid decision ; Nashville ; The Cayne Mutiny ; Desperate times call for hare-brained schemes ; The deluge
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 468 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780385528269
- Lccn
- 2008053915
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn289095963
- 1222993
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