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Infectious Greed
How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets
Author: Frank Partnoy
Infectious Greed
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From the bestselling author of F.I.A.S.C.O., a riveting chronicle of the rise of dangerous financial instruments and the growing crisis in American business
One by one, major corporations such as Enron, Global Crossing, and Worldcom imploded all around us, prey to a greed-driven culture and dubious or illegal corporate finance and accounting.
In a compelling and disturbing narrative, Frank Partnoy's Infectious Greed brings to bear all of his skills and experience as a securities attorney, financial analyst, law professor, and bestselling author to tell the story of the rise of the trading instruments and corporate financial structures that imperil the economic health of the country. Starting in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the first proto-derivatives, and taking us through such high-profile disasters as Barings Bank and Long Term Capital Management, Partnoy traces a seamless progression to today's dangerous manipulations. He documents how each new level of financial risk and complexity obscured the sickness of the company in question, and required ever more ingenious deceptions. It's an alarming story, but Partnoy offers a clear vision of how we can step back from the precipice.
Imprint Publisher
Times Books
ISBN
9781466872707
In The News
“Ambitious . . . a useful book, bringing together details of half-forgotten scandals from the past fifteen years.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Frank Partnoy knows the landscape from the inside . . . a good, snappy read.” —The Washington Post