{"product_id":"9780997493016","title":"The Private Life of Public Finance: Confessions of a Recovering Investment Banker","description":"The son of a steelworker from Pennsylvania tells the inside story, warts and all, of his career as a successful investment banker at two of the biggest, best-known, and most controversial firms in the world-Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase-during a historic and turbulent period in US history. Mark Melio's personal anecdotes and observations illustrate the self-absorbed culture, hypocrisy, and rapacious practices of Wall Street's leading banks, how he bought into the fiction that \"the customer always comes first,\" and how investment banks morphed from once-proud partnerships into predators in constant search of new ways to scalp clients. This is a rare glimpse by a thoughtful observer behind the scenes of an institution that built America's \"new\" economy and then nearly destroyed it.","brand":"Platform Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785339183344,"sku":"9780997493016","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997493016","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}