McDonald, Lawrence G. <br/><br/>
A colossal failure of common sense :  the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers / 
Lawrence G. McDonald ; with Patrick Robinson. 
 - 1st pbk. ed. 
 - New York :  Three Rivers Press,  c2009. 
 - xi, 351 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>A rocky road to Wall Street -- Scaring Morgan  Stanley to death -- Only the bears smiled -- The man in the Ivory Tower -- A miracle on the waterway -- The day delta Airlines went bust -- The tragedy of General Motors -- The  Mortgage bonanza blows out -- king Richard thunders forward -- A $100 million crash for subprime's biggest beast -- Wall street stunned as Kirk quits -- Fuld, defiant to the end. 
<br/><br/> A former vice president of Lehman Brothers explains the financial collapse of the securities giant in 2008, what led to the financial crisis, and who was responsible for its downfall. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307588340 0307588343 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Lehman Brothers (1993-2008)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.<br/>Financial crises--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB3722  / .M34 2009