TY - BOOK AU - McDonald,Lawrence G. AU - Robinson,Patrick TI - A colossal failure of common sense: the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers SN - 9780307588340 AV - HB3722 .M34 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Three Rivers Press KW - Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) KW - History KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - Financial crises KW - United States N1 - Includes index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -