The Match King Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
by Partnoy, FrankEdition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 2010-03-09
Publisher(s): PublicAffairs
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Summary
Partnoy writes an all-too prescient parable of how unregulated markets, greed, and unchecked ambition can wreak havoc on an economic system.
Author Biography
Frank Partnoy is the author of F.I.A.S.C.O.: Blood in the Water on Wall Street and Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Greed Corrupted the Financial Markets. A graduate of Yale Law School, he is the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance at the University of San Diego.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Coming to America | p. 1 |
| Getting to Lee Higg | p. 15 |
| The Speech | p. 29 |
| Trouble at Home | p. 46 |
| The Green Eye Shade | p. 59 |
| Poland First | p. 70 |
| Le Boom | p. 91 |
| The Match Palace | p. 112 |
| A Weekend in Germany | p. 135 |
| One Last Chance | p. 156 |
| Coming Back to America | p. 179 |
| Death in the Air | p. 193 |
| Greatness? | p. 201 |
| Coda | p. 218 |
| A Note on Sources and Acknowledgements | p. 227 |
| Bibliography | p. 230 |
| Notes | p. 236 |
| Index | p. 263 |
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