| Description |
xv, 282 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Japanese Takeout -- Pickens' Lickin' -- Kamikaze Capitalism -- The Japanese Art Bubble -- A Wall Street Yankee in the Imperial Court |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I NEW WORLD -- Christmas on Wall Street -- Leave Home Without It: The Absurdity of the American Express Card -- Eddie the Chop House Boy -- Bulldog Bull -- Mary Cunningham, Meet Ward Cleaver -- Franky's Longest Mile -- Leveraged Rip-Off -- Ski Lift Tiff -- Barbarians at the Trough -- The Mystery of the Disappearing Employees -- Mr. Wall Street Goes to Washington -- How Wall Street Took the S & Ls for a Ride -- When Bad Things Happen to Rich People -- People in Glass Penthouses -- Milken's Morals and Ours -- Horatio Alger Trumped -- Taken for a Ride on the Customer's Yacht -- pt. II OLD WORLD -- "Do You Have a Fire in Your Belly?" -- Les Golden Boys -- Don't Cry for Me Guacamole -- Portrait of the American as a Bond Salesman -- What the British Can Learn from American History -- Slicing Up Europe for Fun and Profit -- pt. III OTHER WORLD -- How a Tokyo Earthquake Could Devastate Wall Street -- The New York Investment Banker Abroad -- |
| Summary |
"One of our most entertaining writers. . . . The Money Culture rivals Liar's Poker in giggle-inspiring quality."---Businessweek -- |
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"One of those rare works that encapsulate and define an era.---Fortune --Book Jacket |
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The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of '29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade. In these trenchant, often hilarious, true tales we meet the colorful movers and shakers (or did they call themselves Big Swinging Dicks?) who commanded the headlines and rewrote the rules. -- |
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Whether he is analyzing the unsavory details of the RJR Nabisco takeover or flaying American Express, Lewis brings to the task a wicked pen and a triumphant sense of humor. -- |
| Analysis |
Securities markets |
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United States |
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Securities markets |
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United States |
| Subject |
Brokers.
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Finance.
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| LC no. |
91013331 |
| ISBN |
0393030377 |
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