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Mentioned in 12 episodes
Too big to fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves
Book • 2009
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin provides a minute-by-minute account of the events surrounding the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
The book chronicles the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent efforts by Wall Street and Washington to save the financial system.
It is based on hundreds of interviews with top executives and regulators, offering a detailed and dramatic narrative of the crisis, including the motivations of ego, greed, fear, and self-preservation that drove the key players.
The book also explores the intricate web of decisions and actions that led to the crisis and the measures taken to mitigate its impact.
The book chronicles the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent efforts by Wall Street and Washington to save the financial system.
It is based on hundreds of interviews with top executives and regulators, offering a detailed and dramatic narrative of the crisis, including the motivations of ego, greed, fear, and self-preservation that drove the key players.
The book also explores the intricate web of decisions and actions that led to the crisis and the measures taken to mitigate its impact.
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Mark Schieritz , after reading the book he became scared that the whole system would go down the drain.
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