TY - BOOK N2 - William D. Cohan's superb and shocking narrative chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street, explaining how a combination of risky bets, corporate political infighting, lax government regulations and truly bad decision-making wrought havoc on the world financial system. AB - William D. Cohan's superb and shocking narrative chronicles the fall of Bear Stearns and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street, explaining how a combination of risky bets, corporate political infighting, lax government regulations and truly bad decision-making wrought havoc on the world financial system. T1 - House of cards :a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street / DA - c2009. CY - New York : AU - Cohan, William D. ET - 1st ed. CN - HG4930.5 CN - HG4930.5 PB - Doubleday, PP - New York : PY - c2009. ID - 333753 KW - Investment banking KW - Bank failures KW - Financial crises SN - 9780385528269 SN - 0385528264 TI - House of cards :a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street / ER -