{"product_id":"too-big-to-fail-the-inside-story-of-how-wall-street-and-washington-fought-to-save-the-financial-system-and-themselves","title":"Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--And Themselves","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eToo Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--And Themselves\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew Ross Sorkin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143120278\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eMedia Tie In, Updated\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by: \u003ci\u003e The Economist, The Financial Times, Business Week\u003c\/i\u003e, and 800-CEO-Read\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eToo Big To Fail \u003c\/i\u003eis too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in 80 years, and it is told brilliantly.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vigorously reported, superbly organized . . . For those of us who didn't pursue MBAs--and have the penny-ante salaries to prove it\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Sorkin's book offers a clear, cogent explanation of what happened and why it matters.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e--Julia Keller, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sorkin's prodigious reporting and lively writing put the reader in the room for some of the biggest-dollar conference calls in history. It's an entertaining, brisk book.\" \u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ePaul M. Barrett, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sorkin's densely detailed and astonishing narrative of the epic financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account.\" \u003cb\u003e--John Gapper, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly reported true-life thriller that goes behind the scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington, the basis for the HBO film\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin-a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters-delivers the first definitive blow- by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--And Themselves | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Paperback | 9780143120278 | Used: Very Good | Economics 1688293","offer_id":48415570559128,"sku":"1688293","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51OcPyDBQ7L.jpg?v=1773332545","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/too-big-to-fail-the-inside-story-of-how-wall-street-and-washington-fought-to-save-the-financial-system-and-themselves","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}