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(2009)
House of cards
how Wall Street's gamblers broke capitalism
by William D. Cohan
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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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House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
March 10, 2009, Doubleday
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House of cards: how Wall Street's gamblers broke capitalism
2009, Allen Lane
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Table of Contents
pt. I. How It Happened: Ten Days in March
Ch. 1. The Ultimate Roach Motel
Ch. 2. The Confidence Game
Ch. 3. "Bear Stearns Is Not in Trouble!"
Ch. 4. The Run on the Bank
Ch. 5. The Armies of the Night
Ch. 6. Feeding Frenzy
Ch. 7. Total Panic
Ch. 8. The Price of Moral Hazard? $2
Ch. 9. The Fed Comes to the Rescue (After the Battle Is Over)
Ch. 10. Mooning at the Wake
Ch. 11. New Developments from Hell
Ch. 12. "We're the Bad Guys"
pt. II. Why It Happened: Eighty-Five Years
Ch. 13. Cy
Ch. 14. Ace
Ch. 15. Jimmy
Ch. 16. May Day
Ch. 17. Haimchinkel Malintz Anaynikal
Ch. 18. The Joy of Mortgage-Backed Securities
Ch. 19. "Bullies Always Cave"
Ch. 20. The Math Whiz and the Baseball Star
Ch. 21. "We're All Going to a Picnic and the Tickets Are $250 Million Each"
Ch. 22. The Fish Rots from the Head
pt. III. The End of the Second Gilded Age
Ch. 23. The 10-in-l0 Strategy
Ch. 24. Cayne CAPs Spector.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and index.
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