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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--And Themselves
"Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told brilliantly." --The Economist
NOW AN HBO FILM
One of the most gripping financial stories in decades, Too Big to Fail delivers a blow-by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates all the drama and turmoil of those turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how--motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation--the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.
This edition has been updated with a new afterword reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the crisis.
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Publish Date: Sep 7th, 2010
- Pages: 640
- Language: English
- Edition: Updated - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.50in - 1.50in - 1.30lb
- EAN: 9780143118244
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • Economic History• Economic Conditions• Banks & Banking
About the Author
Praise for this book
--Time
". . . His action scenes are intimate and engaging."
--The New Yorker
"Sorkin's prodigious reporting and lively writing put the reader in the room for some of the biggest-dollar conference calls in history. It's an entertaining book, brisk book . . . Sorkin skillfully captures the raucous enthusiasm and riotous greed that fueled this rational irrationality."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Brings the drama alive with unusual inside access and compelling detail . . . A deeply researched account of the financial meltdown."
--BusinessWeek
"Meticulously researched . . . told brilliantly. Other blow-by-blow accounts are in the works. It is hard to imagine them being this riveting."
--The Economist
"Sorkin's densely detailed and astonishing narrative of the epic financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account . . . as a dramatic close-up, his book is hard to beat."
--Financial Times
"Sorkin's book, like its author, is a phenom . . . an absolute tour de force."
--The American Prospect
"Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis."
--The Atlantic Monthly
"Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless through Great Depression II."
--Tom Wolfe
"Sorkin has succeeded in writing the book of the crisis, with amazing levels of detail and access."
--Reuters
"Sorkin can write. His storytelling makes Liar's Poker look like a children's book."
--SNL Financial