A colossal failure of common sense : the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers / Lawrence G. McDonald ; with Patrick Robinson.

By: McDonald, Lawrence GContributor(s): Robinson, Patrick, 1939-Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, c2009Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: xi, 351 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780307588340; 0307588343Subject(s): Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) -- History | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Financial crises -- United StatesLOC classification: HB3722 | .M34 2009
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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