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Zusatztext "Charles Gasparino sees the guts of Wall Street and the wreckage it leaves behind! day in and day out." Informationen zum Autor Charles Gasparino is a senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network and the Fox News Channel, where he reports on major developments in the world of finance and politics. A former writer for the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek , he has also served as a columnist for the New York Post and The Huffington Post as well as a contributor to The Daily Beast , New York Magazine , and Forbes . Gasparino is a recipient of numerous business journalism awards, including the prestigious Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for The Sellout . His other noteworthy books include Blood on the Street and King of the Club . Klappentext The ongoing tumult in financial markets and the global economy began when some of our most esteemed financial institutions, our government, and even average citizens abdicated their collective responsibilities, eventually selling out investors and selling off the American Dream itself. From critically acclaimed investigative journalist and CNBC personality Charles Gasparino comes a sweeping examination of the most volatile, anxiety-ridden era in our nation's socioeconomic history. The winner of the 2009 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for Books, The Sellout traces the recent implosion of the financial services business back to its roots in the late 1970s, when Wall Street embraced a new business model predicated on enormous risk. Gasparino reveals a startling trail of culpability—from the government bureaucrats who crafted housing policies to the Wall Street firms that underwrote and invested in risky debt, to the mortgage sellers who indiscriminately handed out loans, and finally to the homeowners who thought they could afford mansions on blue-collar wages. Zusammenfassung In the spirit of Barbarians at the Gate and Liar’s Poker comes The Sellout ! the definitive book on the recent collapse of Wall Street! one of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden era in national socioeconomic history. In this powerful business narrative! Charles Gasparino! the author of Blood on the Floor and King of the Club ! captures how avarice! arrogance! and sheer stupidity eroded Wall Street’s dominance! made many of our country’s most fabled financial institutions vulnerable to significant new foreign control! and profoundly weakened the financial security of millions of poor and middle-class American families. ...
