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I want to talk to you a little bit about your book, too big to fail. Its a compelling narrative that tells the story of how the nations largest and most prestigious financial institutions came to the brink of collapse and almost took the entire economy with them in the great economic crisis of 2008. It is a nonfiction book chronicling the events of the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of lehman brothers from the point of view of wall street ceos and us government regulators. This is some fine journalism and wonderful writing.
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With too big to fail, andrew ross sorkin has broken the barbarians at the gate curse. The american prospect andrew ross sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of. He is also the founder and editor of dealbook, a financial news service published by the new york times. He is not related to aaron sorkin nor noted defense lawyer ira lee sorkin. Read too big to fail inside the battle to save wall street by andrew ross sorkin available from rakuten kobo. He is also the cocreator for the showtime series billions. Andrew ross sorkin is an american journalist and author. His tightly woven and meticulously researched narrative feels like a movie script, which is why it is no surprise that it eventually became one. It is very us centric, the author is clearly somewhat in love with jp morgan and avoids any meaningful discussion of the issues in the uk remember that london is as large and as important a.
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