The End of Wall Street

By Roger Lowenstein

Book Overview

A blow-by-blow account of America's biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression. Drawing on 180 interviews, including sit-downs with top government officials and Wall Street CEOs, Lowenstein tells, with grace, wit and razor-sharp understanding, the full story of the end of Wall Street as we know it. Lowenstein weaves a financial, economic and sociological thriller that indicts America for succumbing to the siren song of easy debt and speculative mortgages.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594202397
• ISBN13: 9781594202391
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher