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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 391 pages ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780393065145 0393065146 0393337987 9780393337983 |