Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
What's it about
Ever wonder what really happens when the world's financial system is on the brink of collapse? Get a front-row seat to the 2008 crisis and discover the secret deals and high-stakes gambles made by Wall Street and Washington's most powerful players to prevent a global meltdown. You'll go behind the closed doors of Lehman Brothers, AIG, and the Federal Reserve to understand the egos, greed, and fear that drove every decision. Learn exactly how close we came to total economic disaster and what it reveals about the fragile, interconnected nature of modern finance.
Meet the author
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the award-winning chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for The New York Times, providing unparalleled access to the world of high finance. It was from this unique vantage point, covering Wall Street for over a decade, that he gained the trust of the most powerful figures in finance and government. This allowed him to meticulously reconstruct the harrowing, behind-the-scenes decisions made during the 2008 financial crisis, offering readers an definitive insider’s account of how the global economy was saved from collapse.
What's it about
Ever wonder what really happens when the world's financial system is on the brink of collapse? Get a front-row seat to the 2008 crisis and discover the secret deals and high-stakes gambles made by Wall Street and Washington's most powerful players to prevent a global meltdown. You'll go behind the closed doors of Lehman Brothers, AIG, and the Federal Reserve to understand the egos, greed, and fear that drove every decision. Learn exactly how close we came to total economic disaster and what it reveals about the fragile, interconnected nature of modern finance.
Meet the author
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the award-winning chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for The New York Times, providing unparalleled access to the world of high finance. It was from this unique vantage point, covering Wall Street for over a decade, that he gained the trust of the most powerful figures in finance and government. This allowed him to meticulously reconstruct the harrowing, behind-the-scenes decisions made during the 2008 financial crisis, offering readers an definitive insider’s account of how the global economy was saved from collapse.
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