The Great Hangover

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Carter, Graydon 저자(글)

Harper Perennial · 2010년 03월 09일

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Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate) on the atmosphere of uncertainty and fear that preceded the demise of Bear Stearns Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker) on Iceland's bizarre national implosion Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) on the decline of The New York Times and the threat to the ailing newspaper industry Mark Seal on the defining figure of the seriously tarnished New Gilded Age: the Grand Master of Greed, Bernie Madoff
Over the past year, "Vanity Fair" has assigned some of the most respected contemporary business writers to cover the current recession. Collected in "The Great Hangover" are the best of their stories.
Vanity Fair presents 21 true stories of the new hard times Where did all the billions go? Commissioned by the editors at Vanity Fair magazine, The Great Hangover is an eye-opening collection of essays on the global economic crisis by fifteen of the most respected contemporary business writers in America, including: Bryan Burrough ( Barbarians at the Gate) on the atmosphere of uncertainty and fear that preceded the demise of Bear Stearns . . . Michael Lewis ( Liar's Poker) on Iceland's bizarre national implosion . . . Mark Bowden ( Black Hawk Down) on the decline of The New York Times and the threat to the ailing newspaper industry . . . Mark Seal on the defining figure of the seriously tarnished New Gilded Age: the Grand Master of Greed, Bernie Madoff . . . Along with compelling and sometimes hair-raising pieces from a dozen other Vanity Fair contributors on the recent recession's myriad villains and victims-and the worldwide impact of the financial downturn.
Vanity Fair presents 21 true stories of the new hard timesWhere did all the billions go?Commissioned by the editors at Vanity Fair magazine, The Great Hangover is an eye-opening collection of essays on the global economic crisis by fifteen of the most respected contemporary business writers in America, including:Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate) on the atmosphere of uncertainty and fear that preceded the demise of Bear Stearns . . .Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker) on Iceland's bizarre national implosion . . .Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) on the decline of The New York Times and the threat to the ailing newspaper industry . . .Mark Seal on the defining figure of the seriously tarnished New Gilded Age: the Grand Master of Greed, Bernie Madoff . . .Along with compelling and sometimes hair-raising pieces from a dozen other Vanity Fair contributors on the recent recession's myriad villains and victims-and the worldwide impact of the financial downturn.

작가정보

저자(글) Carter, Graydon

목차

• Where Did All the Billions Go?	p. ix
  Wall Street
  Bringing Down Bear Stearns	p. 3
  Profiles in Panic: Wall Street High Society in Free Fall	p. 29
  Wall Street Lays Another Egg: Derivatives and Mathematical Models	p. 49
  Over the Hedge	p. 75
  Wall Street's $18.4 Billion Bonus	p. 91
  The Man Who Crashed the World: Joe Cassano and A.I.G.	p. 105
  Washington
  Good Billions After Bad: The Bailout Money	p. 129
  Capitalist Fools: Five Key Mistakes That Led Us to the Collapse	p. 145
  Fannie Mae's Last Stand	p. 153
  Henry Paulson's Longest Night	p. 181
  Beyond
  Wall Street on the Tundra: The Implosion of Iceland's Economy	p. 203
  Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard	p. 229
  Pirate of the Caribbean: The Mystery of Allen Stanford	p. 251
  The Inheritance: Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and the Decline of the Newspaper Business	p. 275
  Marc Dreier's Crime of Destiny	p. 303
  Wall Street's Toxic Message: Global Consequences of the Meltdown	p. 327
  The Madoff Chronicles
  Part I: Madoff's World	p. 337
  Part II: “Hello, Madoff!”-What the Secretary Saw	p. 367
  Part III: Did the Sons Know?	p. 397
  Part IV: Ruth's World	p. 413
  Part V: Greenwich Mean Time-The Noel Family	p. 437
  Afterword: The Blame
  The 100 People, Companies, Institutions, and Vices to Blame for Getting Us into this Mess	p. 453
  Author Biographies	p. 457
  Acknowledgments	p. 463
  Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

기본정보

ISBN	9780061964428 ( 0061964425 )
발행(출시)일자	2010년 03월 09일
쪽수	480쪽
크기	145 * 203 * 30 mm / 345 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어