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Edición

First edition.

Descripción

xi, 464 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Bibliografía

Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-442) and index.

Contenido

Revolution -- Prologue: Lewis Uhler, believer -- Walter Wriston, regulatory revolt -- Milton Friedman, proselytizer -- Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns, political expediency -- Joe Flom, the hostile takeover and its consequences -- Ivan Boesky, wanting it all -- Walter Wriston II, bailing out Citibank -- Ronald Reagan, the making of an ideology -- Ted Turner, Sam Walton, and Steve Ross, size becomes strategy -- Jimmy Carter, capitulation -- Howard Jarvis and Jack Kemp, tapping the anger -- Paul Volcker, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, revolution completed -- The new guard -- Tom Peters and Jack Welch, promises broken -- Michael Milken, "the magnificent" -- Alan Greenspan, ideologue -- George Soros and John Meriwether, fabulous wealth and controversial power -- Sandy Weill, king of the world -- Jack Grubman, Frank Quattrone, Ken Lay, and Sandy Weill, decade of deceit -- Angelo Mozilo, the American tragedy -- Jimmy Cayne, Richard Fuld, Stan O'Neal, and Chuck Prince, collapse -- Epilogue.

Sumario

A chronicle of the events that led to the current economic troubles cites the promotion of the idea that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns, and traces the roles played by a few powerful individuals.

Materia

Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Financial crises -- United States -- History.

United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

ISBN

9781400041718: $30.00

1400041716