Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 7, 2010
NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington “Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . .
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A layered account of finance and government under pressure, with a brisk, inside-access feel.
- Genres
- Economic History, Money & Monetary Policy, Banks & Banking
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, September 7, 2010
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough, John Helyar61% match
America's BankRoger Lowenstein60% matchShares Money & Monetary Policy and Banks & Banking
The Chaos MachineMax Fisher, Peter Ganim52% match
When Genius FailedRoger Lowenstein68% match
A History of the United States in Five CrashesScott Nations64% matchShares Economic History
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington “Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . .
Continue reading
It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told brilliantly.” —The Economist NOW AN HBO FILM One of the most gripping financial stories in decades, Too Big to Fail delivers a blow-by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates all the drama and turmoil of those turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how—motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation—the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy. This edition has been updated with a new afterword reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the crisis.
Inside the Crisis
A layered account of finance and government under pressure, with a brisk, inside-access feel.
Come here for
- Wall Street and Washington, side by side
- A serious read on power, business, and politics
Expect
- Prestige nonfiction pace
- Insight over spectacle
Where it sits
| Banks & Banking | 41% |
|---|---|
| Economic History | 29% |
| Money & Monetary Policy | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Banks & Banking
- Economic History
- 21st-Century America
- Authors
- William Hughes, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Penguin Audio
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- September 7, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Banks & Banking