The End of Wall Street
By: Roger Lowenstein.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781594202391
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Mortgages -- Government policy -- United States; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-2009
Description: The roots of the mortgage bubble, the story of the Wall Street collapse, and the government's unprecedented response are captured in this blow-by-blow account of "the end of Wall Street" by one of our most trusted business journalists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To the crossroads; title: Subprime; title: Lenders; title: Niagara; title: Lehman; title: Desperate surge; title: Absence of fear; title: Citi's turn; title: Rubicon; title: Tottering; title: Fannie's turn; title: Sleepless; title: The forces of evil; title: Aftershocks; title: The hedge fund war; title: The tarp; title: Steel's turn; title: Reluctant socialist; title: Great recession.