Too Big To Fail : Inside The Battle To Save Wall Street [Paperback]

Andrew Ross Sorkin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Allen Lane (2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1846142385
• ISBN-13: 978-1846142383
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #811,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So much fun to read!, February 2, 2010

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Sam - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street (Kindle Edition)

Thank you Andrew Ross Sorkin.

For 2 reasons,

1) He talks about the pre and during crisis periods in such a fun manner, because the characters are Paulson, Geithner, The Wall Street CEO's... so you get a really interesting insight on how they are, and the discussions they were having...

2) I've read many financial books, about the crisis and others... and it's tough to find a book that is actually fun to read...

That's why I think the book is a real success...

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and thought provoking, February 12, 2010

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This is a well written account of how close the world economy came to the brink of economic ruin. It causes you to reflect on leadership, governance, regulators whilst causing you to question the issues you see day to day in business. Well worth a read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Too Big to Fail, April 30, 2011

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This review is from: Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street (Kindle Edition)

The book is a perfect depiction of how the GFC came about in 2008. The author provides some very interesting insights of the CEO's of the largest corporations and the US Fed.
Too Big to Fail is a good reminder of how poor corporate governance and greed in conjunction with inadequate regulation and a lack of understanding by the ratings agencies brought down the world economy.
A book worth reading.