Oonagh Mcdonald

Lehman Brothers (eBook, ePUB)

A crisis of value

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) open access license. Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse, investigates why the government refused a bail-out and whether the implications of this refusal were fully understood. In clear and accessible language she demonstrates both the short and long term effects of Lehman's collapse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526100504
• Artikelnr.: 55005910

Autorenporträt

Oonagh McDonald is an international financial regulatory expert. She was a member of the UK parliament for Thurrock in Essex (1976-87) and a member of the front-bench Treasury team from 1983-87. She is the author of several books, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Turning the American Dream into a Nightmare (2012). She was awarded the CBE in 1998, for services to financial regulation and business

Inhaltsangabe

1 From cotton trader to investment banker: 1844-2008 2 From hubris to
nemesis: January to September 2008 3 The fateful weekend 4 Regulating the
'Big Five' 5 The largest bankruptcy in American history 6 The destruction
of value 7 Lehman's valuation of its assets 8 Measuring value 9 Monitoring
value 10 Chasing a chimera? Appendix 1: The Lehman Brothers Board of
Directors in 2007 Appendix 2: The Lehman Brothers Corporate Structure Index