The end of Wall Street / Roger Lowenstein.

Author: Lowenstein, Roger.

Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2010.

ISBN: 9781594202391 :
1594202397
9781594202414
1594202419

Description: xxv, 339 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject: Financial crises United States History 21st century.
Mortgages Government policy United States.
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) History 21st century.
United States Economic policy 2001-2009.

Contents: To the crossroads -- Subprime -- Lenders -- Niagara -- Lehman -- Desperate surge -- Absence of fear -- Citi's turn -- Rubicon -- Tottering -- Fannie's turn -- Sleepless -- The forces of evil -- Aftershocks -- The hedge fund war -- The tarp -- Steel's turn -- Reluctant socialist -- Great recession -- The end of Wall Street.

Summary: The roots of the mortgage bubble, the story of the Wall Street collapse, and the government's unprecedented response are captured in this blow-by-blow account of "the end of Wall Street" by one of our most trusted business journalists.