Cohan, William D.
House of Cards
9780141039596
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In House of Cards bestselling author and former investment banker William Cohan gives the reader a front-row seat at Wall Street`s catastrophic unravelling at the seams, and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street. Through the prism of Bear Stearns, he 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.
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