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The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
Charles Gasparino
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 3, 2009
Reading lane: Derivatives Investing
In the spirit of Barbarians at the Gate and Liar’s Poker comes The Sellout , the definitive book on the recent collapse of Wall Street, one of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden era in national socioeconomic history.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Why It Clicks
A pointed account of how finance and government got tangled, with practical aftertaste.
Come here for
- Wall Street and policy, kept in the same room
- A brisk read for career-minded attention
Expect
- High-stakes institutional failure
- Clear, unsentimental explanation
Book Details
- Authors
- Charles Gasparino
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 3, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Derivatives Investing · World Politics
- Reading lane
- Derivatives Investing
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Publisher Categories
Derivatives Investing
21st-Century History
Economic Policy
Political Commentary
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Corruption & Misconduct
About This Book
In the spirit of Barbarians at the Gate and Liar’s Poker comes The Sellout , the definitive book on the recent collapse of Wall Street, one of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden era in national socioeconomic history. In this powerful business narrative, Charles Gasparino, the author of Blood on the Floor and King of the Club , captures how avarice, arrogance, and sheer stupidity eroded Wall Street’s dominance, made many of our country’s most fabled financial institutions v...
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