{"product_id":"9781101443248","title":"Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System - and Themselves","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by:\u003ci\u003e The Economist, The Financial Times, Business Week\u003c\/i\u003e, and 800-CEO-Read\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eToo Big To Fail \u003c\/i\u003eis too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in 80 years, and it is told brilliantly.” \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Vigorously reported, superbly organized . . . For those of us who didn’t pursue MBAs—and have the penny-ante salaries to prove it\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Sorkin’s book offers a clear, cogent explanation of what happened and why it matters.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e—Julia Keller, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Sorkin’s prodigious reporting and lively writing put the reader in the room for some of the biggest-dollar conference calls in history. It’s an entertaining, brisk book.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003ePaul M. Barrett, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sorkin’s densely detailed and astonishing narrative of the epic financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account.” \u003cb\u003e—John Gapper, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly reported true-life thriller that goes behind the scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington, the basis for the HBO film\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In one of the most gripping financial narratives in decades, Andrew Ross Sorkin-a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columnist and one of the country's most respected financial reporters-delivers the first definitive blow- by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119062434032,"sku":"9781101443248","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101443248_p0.jpg?v=1763686625","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101443248","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}