Fool's gold
Subtitle: how J.P. Morgan rewrote the rules of finance and Wall Street went wild, unleashing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression
By: Gillian Tett.
Edition: Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781416598572
Subjects: J.P. Morgan & Co; Credit derivatives -- United States -- History; Housing -- United States -- Finance; Financial crises -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: The derivatives dream; title: Dancing around the regulators; title: The dream team; title: The cuffs come off; title: Merger mania; title: Innovation unleashed; title: Mr. Dimon takes charge; title: Risky business; title: Leveraging lunacy; title: Tremors; title: Bank run; title: Meltdown; title: The end of investment banking as we know it.