TY - BOOK AU - Cohan, William D. TI - House of cards: a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street SN - 9780385528269 AV - HG 4930.5 .C660 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Doubleday KW - Bank failures KW - United States KW - Financial crises KW - Investment banking N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index N2 - In this superb and shocking narrative, Cohan chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street. Cohan's minute-by-minute account of 10 days in March 2008, tells a chilling cautionary tale about greed, arrogance, and stupidity in the financial world, and the consequences for all of us. In this superb and shocking narrative, Cohan chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street. Cohan's minute-by-minute account of 10 days in March 2008, tells a chilling cautionary tale about greed, arrogance, and stupidity in the financial world, and the consequences for all of us. "www.alibris.com" ER -