First published 2009
Charles Gasparino dissects the catastrophic collapse that brought Wall Street to its knees. The author of Blood on the Floor and King of the Club examines how greed, arrogance, and incompetence systematically destroyed the dominance of America's financial center. Gasparino traces the chain of decisions that left legendary institutions exposed to foreign takeover and stripped millions of American families of their financial security. He reveals the human failures behind the crisis that shook the nation's economy. The book delivers an unflinching account of how Wall Street's most powerful players engineered their own downfall through reckless behavior and stunning miscalculations.
Genres: business, economics, non-fiction, 21st-century, finance
Vibes: thought-provoking, unflinching
Tropes: investigative-journalism
Setting: America, Wall Street
Period: 21st-century
553 pages · Hardcover · Harper Business