num_pages: 320
description: In The Great Game, acclaimed business historian John Steele Gordon chronicles the rise of Wall Street from its humble beginnings as an American trading post to its domination of the world economy, bringing to life the remarkable cast of bankers and brokers, visionaries and crooks who made it happen. From Alexander Hamilton to Michael Milken, the history of Wall Street is a history of risk, courage, avarice, patriotism, power, genius, and, occasionally, remarkable stupidity. In Gordon, Wall Street has finally found a biographer worthy of its extraordinary story.
language: English
title: The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power: 1653-2000
titlecomplete: The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power: 1653-2000
genres: Business, Historical, Nonfiction, American History, Economics, Finance, History
ratings_count: 261
publisher: Simon and Schuster