Bamber, Bill.

Bear trap : the fall of Bear Stearns and the panic of 2008 / Bill Bamber and Andrew Spencer ; foreword by Fernando Diz. - 1st ed. - New York : Brick Tower Press, 2008. - xiv, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Foreword / Fernando Diz -- Of bulls and bears -- Hedge your bets -- Shoot to kill -- Truth is what you make it -- Circular reasoning -- No news is good news -- Bleeding out -- A sucker born every minute -- Brother can you spare a dime? -- To the victors go the spoils -- Business as usual -- The devil is in the details -- What do you say when it's over? -- Survival of the fittest -- So what?

Recounts the financial crisis which precipitated the fall of one of Wall Street's most prestigious and oldest firms, examining the role of the foreign financial markets and the federal government in the collapse.

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Bear, Stearns & Co.--History.
Bear, Stearns & Co.--History.


Financial crises--United States.
Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Financial crises--United States.
Corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Economic policy--United States.


United States--Economic policy.
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)

HB3722 / .D622 2008

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