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Andrew Ross Sorkin is an American journalist and author, best known as a financial columnist for The New York Times and co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box. He is recognized for his in-depth reporting on Wall Street and corporate finance.
Known for: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves
A detailed narrative of the 2008 financial crisis, chronicling the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the frantic efforts by Wall Street executives and U.S. government officials to prevent a total economic meltdown. The book offers an insider’s view of the decisions, personalities, and power struggles that shaped the rescue of the global financial system.
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The Buildup: A System Loaded with Risk
To grasp the drama of 2008, we have to start with the long prelude—a financial ecosystem swollen with leverage, complexity, and misplaced confidence. In the years leading up to the crisis, Wall Street thrived on innovation that blurred traditional boundaries between lending, trading, and speculation...
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The Fall of Bear Stearns and the First Tremor
Bear Stearns was the canary in the coal mine. In March 2008, its liquidity crisis erupted almost overnight. The firm had long been proud of its independence and nimble trading culture, but that culture also bred a kind of arrogance. When confidence evaporated, lenders withdrew funding, and Bear Stea...
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About Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Ross Sorkin is an American journalist and author, best known as a financial columnist for The New York Times and co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box. He is recognized for his in-depth reporting on Wall Street and corporate finance.
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