Lehman Brothers : a crisis of value /

McDonald, Oonagh,

Lehman Brothers : a crisis of value / Oonagh McDonald. - 1 online resource - Open Access e-Books Knowledge Unlatched .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. From cotton trader to investment banker: 1844-2008 -- 2. From hubris to nemesis: January to September 2008 -- 3. The fateful weekend -- 4. Regulating the 'Big Five' -- 5. The largest bankruptcy in American history -- 6. The destruction of value -- 7. Lehman's valuation of its assets -- 8. Measuring value -- 9. Monitoring value -- 10. Chasing a chimera? -- Appendix 1. The Lehman Brothers Board of Directors in 2007 -- Appendix 2. The Lehman Brothers Corporate Structure -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehman's collapse, investigates why the government refused a bail-out and whether the implications of this refusal were fully understood.

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Lehman Brothers (1993-2008)
Lehman Brothers--History.
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Bank failures--United States.
Financial crises--United States.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Bank failures--History--United States--21st century.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009.
Banques--Faillites--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.
Banques d'affaires--Histoire.--New York (État)--New York
Banques--Faillites--États-Unis.
Business & Economics--Banks & Banking.
Bank failures.
Financial crises.
Investment banking.


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United States.

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