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Author McDonald, Lawrence G.

Title A colossal failure of common sense [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers / Lawrence G. McDonald with Patrick Robinson.

Publication Info. [New York] : Books on Tape, 2009.
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Playing Time 163805
System Details Requires OverDrive Media Console
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Performer Read by Erik Davies.
Note Duration: 16:38:05.
Summary What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers--right from the belly of the beast--arguing that this collapse need not have happened.
Contents A rocky road to Wall Street -- Scaring Morgan Stanley to death -- Only the Bears smiled -- The man in the ivory tower -- A miracle on the waterway -- The day Delta Air Lines went bust -- The tragedy of General Motors -- The mortgage bonanza blows out -- King Richard Thunders forward -- a 100 million dollar crash for subprime's biggest beast -- Wall Street stunned as Kirk quits -- Fuld, defiant to the end.
Subject Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) -- History.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. -- Sound recordings.
Financial crises -- United States. -- Sound recordings.
Genre Audiobooks.
Added Author Robinson, Patrick, 1939-
Davies, Erik.
Added Title Inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
Other Form: Original 0307588335 (DLC) 2009442068 (OCoLC)426150200
ISBN 9780307702432 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
030770243X (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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