Table of Contents:
  • From cotton trader to investment banker : 1844-2008
  • From hubris to nemesis : January to September 2008
  • The fateful weekend
  • Regulating the 'Big Five'
  • The largest bankruptcy in American history
  • The destruction of value
  • Lehman's valuation of its assets
  • Measuring value
  • Monitoring value
  • Chasing a chimera?