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A Colossal Failure of Common Sense The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

Hardcover • 2009 • English • 1. edition

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

By Lawrence G. McDonald

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About the book

One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now.  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. InA Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry McDonald, a Wall Street insider, reveals, the culture and unspoken rules of the game like no book has ...Show more

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ISBN

9780307588333

Publisher

Crown Business

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

Format

Hardcover

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