A first-class catastrophe : the road to Black Monday, the worst day in Wall Street history / Diana B...
A first-class catastrophe : the road to Black Monday, the worst day in Wall Street history / Diana B...
A first-class catastrophe : the road to Black Monday, the worst day in Wall Street history / Diana B. Henriques.
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Publisher
New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2017]
Call Numbers
G 2017/4970
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 393 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part one: Vanishing borders. Silver Thursday ; Bright ideas ; Chicago vs. New York ; Shifting gears ; A deal in D.C. ; Stock futures, bond failures -- Part two: Titans and wizards. A plague from Oklahoma ; Bulls and banks ; Chicago rising ; Arbitrage and accommodation ; Banks on the brink -- Part th...
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Publisher
New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2017]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"The definitive account of the crash of 1987, a cautionary tale of how the U.S. financial system nearly collapsed ... Monday, October 19, 1987, was by far the worst day in Wall Street history. The market fell 22.6 percent--almost twice as bad as the worst day of 1929--equal to a loss of nearly 5,000 points today. But Black Monday was more than just...
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A first-class catastrophe : the road to Black Monday, the worst day in Wall Street history / Diana B. Henriques.
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"A New York Times book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2017
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G 2017/4970
Record Identifier
74VKVWmkvBed
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVWmkvBed
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ISBN
9781627791649 hardcover
1627791647 hardcover
DDC
332.64273
MMS ID
991024136540002626
