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Overview"the height of the roaring '20s, Swedish emigre Ivar Kreuger made a fortune raising money in America and loaning it to Europe in exchange for matchstick monopolies His enterprise was a rare success story throughout the Great Depression. Yet after Kreuger's suicide in 1932, the true nature of his empire emerged. Driven by success to adopt ever-more perilous practices, Kreuger had turned to shell companies in tax havens, fudged accounting figures, off-balance-sheet accounting, even forgery. He created a raft of innovative financial products- many of them precursors to instruments wreaking havoc in today's markets. When his Wall Street empire collapsed, millions went bankrupt. Frank Partnoy, a frequent commentator on financial disaster for the Financial Times, New York Times, NPR, and CBS's ""60 Minutes,"" recasts the life story of a remarkable yet forgotten genius in ways that force us to re-think our ideas about the wisdom of crowds, the invisible hand, and the free and unfettered market" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frank PartnoyPublisher: ReadHowYouWant Imprint: ReadHowYouWant Edition: Large Print 16 pt Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.974kg ISBN: 9781458759221ISBN 10: 1458759229 Pages: 568 Publication Date: 21 May 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Inactive Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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