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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	McDonald, Lawrence G.
Title:	A colossal failure of common sense : the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers / Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Crown Business, ©2009.
Description:	xi, 351 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:	What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers--right from the belly of the beast--arguing that this collapse need not have happened.
Subjects:	Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) -- History. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Financial crises -- United States.
Other Author:	Robinson, Patrick, 1939-
Other Title:	Inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	A rocky road to Wall Street -- Scaring Morgan Stanley to death -- Only the Bears smiled -- The man in the ivory tower -- A miracle on the waterway -- The day Delta Air Lines went bust -- The tragedy of General Motors -- The mortgage bonanza blows out -- King Richard Thunders forward -- A 100 million dollar crash for subprime's biggest beast -- Wall Street stunned as Kirk quits -- Fuld, defiant to the end.
LCCN:	2009442068
ISBN:	9780307588333 0307588335
Other Number:	426150200
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Control Number:	255311
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Call Number:	332.66 McDonald

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