Lehman Brothers : a crisis of value /

Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse, investigates why the government refused a bail-out and whether the implications of this refusal were fully understood.

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Main Author: McDonald, Oonagh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Series:Open Access e-Books
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Table of Contents:
  • From cotton trader to investment banker : 1844-2008
  • From hubris to nemesis : January to September 2008
  • The fateful weekend
  • Regulating the 'Big Five'
  • The largest bankruptcy in American history
  • The destruction of value
  • Lehman's valuation of its assets
  • Measuring value
  • Monitoring value
  • Chasing a chimera?