Panic : the story of modern financial insanity /

An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1998 Russian default (and the consequent collapse of U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble of 1995-2001, and the 2008 sub-pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
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Summary:An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1998 Russian default (and the consequent collapse of U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble of 1995-2001, and the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place.
Physical Description:viii, 391 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780393065145
0393065146
0393337987
9780393337983