Cohan, William D.

House of cards a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street / [sound recording] : William D. Cohan. - [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Audio, p2009. - 20 audio discs (25 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Unabridged.

Read by Alan Sklar.

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.


Compact discs.

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9780141039596


Bear, Stearns & Co.


Investment banking--United States.
Bank failures--United States.
Financial crises--United States.

332.660973 COH 2009