Lehman Brothers : a crisis of value /
Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse, investigates why the government refused a bail-out and whether the implications of this refusal were fully understood.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| Series: | Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
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?