This is an account of corporate growth gone mad, of regulatory negligence, of deliberate deception and willful ignorance. It is filled with colorful characters whose blind ambition and breathtaking arrogance led to failure on a scale that boggles the mind--and every word of it is true.
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This is an account of corporate growth gone mad, of regulatory negligence, of deliberate deception and willful ignorance. It is filled with colorful characters whose blind ambition and breathtaking arrogance led to failure on a scale that boggles the mind--and every word of it is true.
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Very good in fine dust jacket. Ex-library. (s8-1) 1st edition Hardback Book is ex-library copy in VG+/Fine cond with library pocket glued to flyleaf, light overall wear, with dj in Fine cond inside a plastic sleeve which is taped to covers of the book. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade. an eye-opener, behind the scenes look at the rise and fall of FVA, the unbridled greed, abetted by regularity failutre, which combined to stick the US tanspayer with a 500 Billion dollar bill for the national savings and loan debacle
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The full story of the American savings and loans bailouts disaster, who did what, who got away with what and who got prosecuted and jailed, what government did and failed to do-and how taxpayers ultimately paid the whole price. Hardcover with dust jacket, sources, 303pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
