How Wall Street's gamblers broke Capitalism
by
 
Cohan, William D.

Title
: 
How Wall Street's gamblers broke Capitalism

Author
: 
Cohan, William D.

ISBN
: 
9781846141959

Personal Author
: 
Cohan, William D.

Publication Information
: 
London : Allen Lane : [distributor] Penguin Books Ltd, 2009.

Physical Description
: 
480 pages ; 24 x 16 x 4 cm

Abstract
: 
Through the prism of Bear Stearns - a swashbuckling eighty-five-year-old institution in the financial world - this title shows how a combination of risky bets, corporate political infighting, lax government regulations and truly bad decision-making have wrought havoc on the world financial system.

Reading Level
: 
General (US: Trade).

Corporate Subject
: 
Bear Stearns & Co.

Subject Term
: 
Financial crises.
 
Financial institutions.
 
International economic relations.


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