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Summary: The author examines the causes of the U.S. market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Money LewisCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 330.973 LEWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 LEWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 330.973 LEWBartiromo, Maria.
Summary: During a single historic weekend (September 12-14, 2008) the fate of Lehman Brothers was sealed, Merrill Lynch barely survived, and AIG became a ward of the federal government. Top CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo spent the entire weekend taking frantic phone calls from the most powerful players on Wall Street and in Washington, as they toiled to keep the economy from complete collapse. Those CEOs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Penguin 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 BARVaughan, Liam
Summary: "The riveting story of a trading prodigy who amassed $70 million from his childhood bedroom--until the US government accused him of helping trigger an unprecedented market collapse On May 6, 2010, financial markets around the world tumbled simultaneouslyand without warning. In the span of five minutes, a trillion dollars of valuation was lost. The Flash Crash, as it became known, represented...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.64 VAUKolhatkar, Sheelah
Summary: "Steven A. Cohen is a Wall Street legend. Born into a middle class family in a decidedly upper class suburb on Long Island, he was unpopular in high school and unlucky with girls. Then he went off to Wharton, and in 1992 launched the hedge fund SAC Capital, which grew into a $15 billion empire. He cultivated an air of mystery and reclusiveness -- at one point, owned the copyright to almost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 KOLSorkin, Andrew Ross.
Summary: Presents a moment-by-moment account of the recent financial collapse that documents state efforts to prevent an economic disaster, offering insight into the pivotal consequences of decisions made throughout the past decade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.2 SORNations, Scott
Summary: In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history in the vein of the works of Michael Lewis and Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial executive and CNBC contributor examines the five most significant stock market crashes in the United States over the past century, revealing how they have defined the nation today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 NATKunstler, James Howard
Summary: "James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, which sold approximately 36K copies, returns with a new book exploring the looming collapse of the techno-industrial economy, featuring profiles of individuals who have drastically altered their livesdue to financial difficulties"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 665.5 KUNLewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Summary: Presents the author's darkly humorous investigation of the effects of the 2008 financial bubble on other countries before taking aim at greedy debtors in California and Washington, D.C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.9 LEWCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 330.9 LEWBenmosche, Bob
Summary: "In 2009, at the peak of the financial crisis, AIG - the American insurance behemoth - was sinking fast. It was the peg upon which the nation hung its ire and resentment during the financial crisis: the pinnacle of Wall Street arrogance and greed. When Bob Benmosche climbed aboard as CEO, it was widely assumed that he would go down with his ship. In mere months, he turned things around, pulling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BENMOSCHE, ROBERT BENCausey, Frances
Summary: Explores the impact that deregulation and outsourcing have had on American's middle class.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Passion River 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HEIFlorida, Richard L.
Summary: "From the author of the bestseller The Rise of the Creative Class, a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008-09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to "reset," and, in doing so, paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like--of how we will work and live--in the future"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 FLOLewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Summary: Presents the author's darkly humorous investigation of the effects of the 2008 financial bubble on other countries before taking aim at greedy debtors in California and Washington, D.C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Point Pub. 2011
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 330.9 LEWMcLean, Bethany.
Summary: This surprising narrative goes back more than twenty years to reveal, in rich, anecdotal detail, how Wall Street, the mortgage industry, and the government conspired to change the way Americans bought their homes, creating a perfect storm. The authors take us inside elusive institutions such as Goldman Sachs, AIG, and Fannie Mae, to reveal who changed the game and why.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio Penguin 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 MCLSuskind, Ron.
Summary: Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews and in-depth research to relate the complete story of the nation's financial meltdown, from the trading floors of lower Manhattan to the power corridors inside the Beltway.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.973 SUSLowenstein, Roger.
Summary: The roots of the mortgage bubble, the story of the Wall Street collapse, and the government's unprecedented response are captured in this blow-by-blow account of "the end of Wall Street" by one of our most trusted business journalists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2010