House of Cards
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
by William D. Cohan
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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.
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House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
March 10, 2009, Doubleday
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0385528264 9780385528269
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House of cards: how Wall Street's gamblers broke capitalism
2009, Allen Lane
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'House of Cards' is a narrative about corporate greed on a truly epic scale. Cohan relates how the lack of foresight and regulation in an uncertain economy forced the government and Wall Street to take increasingly desperate and unprecedented measures to stop the carnage before the entire economy melted down.
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