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|  | Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin
Publisher: Allen Lane
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Rating:  37 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 640
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 1846142385
EAN: 9781846142383
Publication Date: October 29, 2009
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 A lot of interesting facts July 23, 2010
Mr G
Fascinating if you know something of the background and the characters. Sorkin has clearly had access to pretty much everyone. He doesn't go much into the detail of why the crash happened (and when he does dabble in the details of that he sometimes gets it wrong), but as a dramatic description this is hard to beat. By the end, it does start to feel just like a lot of description, and perhaps too many details. I would say though that it is one of the essential books about recent financial history.
Great financial story July 19, 2010
Carlos E. Lopez Ferreira (Madrid, Spain)
The author has done an excelent research to write this book, but in difference with other books about the financial crisis is written in a narrative manner that make the read enjoyable. 2big2fail really goes to the root of the problem, the greedy and selfish "CEO's" of Wall Street.
 Good but is it accurate July 12, 2010
Dr. B. C. Burrows (Bristol UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I read this book I thought, wow pretty interesting, but then on reflection, I thought well the author has been very pleasent to everyone and no one was really portrayed in a bad light - which I now presume is to enable him to get interviews from people in the future..... I later read The Big Short and thought, like Michael Lewis says - if a one eyed asperger doctor can predict this event coming then surely the CEO's of those massive banks should have been able....which made me think this was simply a bit worthless, other than to portray those poor rich bankers in a sort of 'hey we tried to save the world' kind of way... Read it if it is your thing but remember I think the author had alterior motives when he wrote it
 Fascinating July 1, 2010
Book Worm (UK)
This is a fascinating read. Although it is primarily American centric it is still a remarkable account of the events surrounding the failures driven by the "credit crunch".
It is fast paced and compelling. A brilliant insight into financial institutions & the tremendous egos that are often involved.
IT HAS ALL BEEN SAID ALREADY.......... June 2, 2010
Doppelganger (United Kingdom)
......so there is little point in banging on about this book's virtues......it is a truly brilliant account of the panic and fear that gripped the financial markets pre and post the demise of Lehmans and the dogged determination of Hank Paulson, Tim Geithner and a comparatively small group of government officials and self-interested bankers, that staved off a total shut-down of the world's financial markets and the onset of the worst global depression ever. There I've gone and banged on about it!
Economic history narration cannot get any better. Requires no previous financial nous to appreciate this addictively readable book.
One word of warning however. Any illusions that those we entrust to look after our money, investments and pensions etc are superior beings, are blown out of the water as they are generally shown to be weak, not over intelligent individuals driven by personal greed and egotistical hankerings and with little or no awareness of longer term risk implications of their actions. Then its not their money ...........!
How Andrew Sorkin will follow this book, I don't know but whatever it is I'll be buying.
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