Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis - and Lost
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Economics & Politics
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- Why the U.S. government let Lehman Brothers fail in 2008, but not American International Group (AIG)
- How the bailout process proceeded, starting with AIG
- How U.S. financial officials convinced bankers to take bailout cash
Why you should read Too Big to Fail
The ever-growing pile of books about the Great Recession holds two kinds of tomes: those that pontificate about what went wrong and what should change, and those that detail the minute-by-minute action in the boardrooms of Wall Street and Washington. This book is the second kind. New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, who gained access to many high-level financial players, provides an ambitious, remarkably detailed account of the collapse and bailouts of 2008. He accomplishes two noteworthy feats: He digs up information that wasn’t widely known, and he beautifully writes a page-turning yarn. getAbstract recommends his book to investors, policy makers and businesspeople who seek a clear observer’s perspective on Wall Street’s meltdown.
About the Author
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the chief mergers-and-acquisitions reporter and columnist for The New York Times. He founded DealBook, an online daily financial report.
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