The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System

The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System

by Charles Gasparino

Narrated by Thomas Perkins

Unabridged — 21 hours, 50 minutes

The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System

The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System

by Charles Gasparino

Narrated by Thomas Perkins

Unabridged — 21 hours, 50 minutes

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Overview

In the spirit of Barbarians at the Gate and Liar's Poker comes The Sellout, the definitive book on the recent collapse of Wall Street, one of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden era in national socioeconomic history. In this powerful business narrative, Charles Gasparino, the author of Blood on the Floor and King of the Club, captures how avarice, arrogance, and sheer stupidity eroded Wall Street's dominance, made many of our country's most fabled financial institutions vulnerable to significant new foreign control, and profoundly weakened the financial security of millions of poor and middle-class American families.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

[A] splendid account of the financial meltdown.” — Wall Street Journal

The most comprehensive anecdotal account to date of the crisis.... Gasparino cuts his way through Wall Street rhetoric and in the process uncovers in considerable detail how blind profit-making ambition led to the destruction of the markets. — New York Review of Books

“Gasparino has consistently broken news on some of the biggest financial scandals of recent years, including the fall of Martha Stewart, Henry Blodget, and Jack Grubman. As anyone who reads the business pages knows, Charlie is one of the best reporters in the field.” — Mark Whitaker, former editor, Newsweek

“Gasparino describes, in page-turning detail, a Wall Street world of ruthless financial titans.… No collection of courtroom documents will ever tell the story…as well as Mr. Gasparino does.” — Wall Street Journal, on King of the Club

“A tough outsider willing to go to battle with anyone—colleague or contact-in pursuit of the story.” — Financial Times

“An especially aggressive reporter.” — Vanity Fair

“Gasparino is credited with breaking some of the more titillating tales of Wall Street misconduct.” — New York Post

“Born in the Bronx to a construction worker and a housewife, Gasparino has risen from his working-class roots to become one of the most influential business reporters at work today.” — PR Week

“Charles Gasparino sees the guts of Wall Street and the wreckage it leaves behind, day in and day out.” — San Antonio Express-News

New York Post

Gasparino is credited with breaking some of the more titillating tales of Wall Street misconduct.

PR Week

Born in the Bronx to a construction worker and a housewife, Gasparino has risen from his working-class roots to become one of the most influential business reporters at work today.

Vanity Fair

An especially aggressive reporter.

San Antonio Express-News

Charles Gasparino sees the guts of Wall Street and the wreckage it leaves behind, day in and day out.

Mark Whitaker

Gasparino has consistently broken news on some of the biggest financial scandals of recent years, including the fall of Martha Stewart, Henry Blodget, and Jack Grubman. As anyone who reads the business pages knows, Charlie is one of the best reporters in the field.

Wall Street Journal

[A] splendid account of the financial meltdown.

New York Review of Books

The most comprehensive anecdotal account to date of the crisis.... Gasparino cuts his way through Wall Street rhetoric and in the process uncovers in considerable detail how blind profit-making ambition led to the destruction of the markets.

Financial Times

A tough outsider willing to go to battle with anyone—colleague or contact-in pursuit of the story.

Financial Times

A tough outsider willing to go to battle with anyone—colleague or contact-in pursuit of the story.

Wall Street Journal

[A] splendid account of the financial meltdown.

New York Post

Gasparino is credited with breaking some of the more titillating tales of Wall Street misconduct.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940173796431
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 12/07/2011
Edition description: Unabridged
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