Authors: Frank Partnoy
Infectious Greed (85 page)
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Volvo
Vranos, Michael
W. R. Grace
Wachovia
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wakeham, Lord John
Waldron, Murray
Walker, Richard H.
Wall Street
(film)
(film)
Wall Street Journal
Walsh, Brian
Washington Post
Wasserstein, Bruce
Waste Management
Watkins, Sherron
Watson, Charles
Weather derivatives
Weatherstone, Dennis
Welch, Jack F., Jr.
Kidder Peabody and
Whalley, Greg
Wharton School of Business
Wheat, Allen
at Bankers Trust
at CS First Boston
CSFP and
White, Thomas
Whitehead, Edwin
Wilczynski, Melvin
Williams Companies
Winnick, Gary
“Winnick House”
Wood, Judge Kimba
World Bank
WorldCom
board of directors
credit-rating agencies and
IPO
line costs and
manipulation of financial statements
Xerox
Yahoo!
Yeutter, Clayton
Yield curve
Yoon, Jennifer
Young, Judge H. Peter
Yukihusa Fujita
Z-bonds
Zero-coupon Treasury bonds
Zero-margin loans
ZZZZ Best
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
FRANK PARTNOY is the author of
F.I.A.S.C.O.: Blood in the Water on Wall Street
and
The Match King: Ivar Krueger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
. He has worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and as a corporate lawyer, and has testified as an expert before both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. A graduate of Yale Law School, he is the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance at the University of San Diego.
F.I.A.S.C.O.: Blood in the Water on Wall Street
and
The Match King: Ivar Krueger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
. He has worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and as a corporate lawyer, and has testified as an expert before both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. A graduate of Yale Law School, he is the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance at the University of San Diego.
PublicAffairs is a publishing house founded in 1997. It is a tribute to the standards, values, and flair of three persons who have served as mentors to countless reporters, writers, editors, and book people of all kinds, including me.
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I. F. STONE, proprietor of
I. F. Stone's Weekly
, combined a commitment to the First Amendment with entrepreneurial zeal and reporting skill and became one of the great independent journalists in American history. At the age of eighty, Izzy published
The Trial of Socrates,
which was a national bestseller. He wrote the book after he taught himself ancient Greek.
I. F. Stone's Weekly
, combined a commitment to the First Amendment with entrepreneurial zeal and reporting skill and became one of the great independent journalists in American history. At the age of eighty, Izzy published
The Trial of Socrates,
which was a national bestseller. He wrote the book after he taught himself ancient Greek.
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BENJAMIN C. B RADLEE was for nearly thirty years the charismatic editorial leader of
The Washington Post.
It was Ben who gave the
Post
the range and courage to pursue such historic issues as Watergate. He supported his reporters with a tenacity that made them fearless and it is no accident that so many became authors of influential, best-selling books.
The Washington Post.
It was Ben who gave the
Post
the range and courage to pursue such historic issues as Watergate. He supported his reporters with a tenacity that made them fearless and it is no accident that so many became authors of influential, best-selling books.
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ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN, the chief executive of Random House for more than a quarter century, guided one of the nation's premier publishing houses. Bob was personally responsible for many books of political dissent and argument that challenged tyranny around the globe. He is also the founder and longtime chair of Human Rights Watch, one of the most respected human rights organizations in the world.
For fifty years, the banner of Public Affairs Press was carried by its owner Morris B. Schnapper, who published Gandhi, Nasser, Toynbee, Truman, and about 1,500 other authors. In 1983, Schnapper was described by
The Washington Post
as “a redoubtable gadfly.” His legacy will endure in the books to come.
The Washington Post
as “a redoubtable gadfly.” His legacy will endure in the books to come.
Peter Osnos,
Founder and Editor-at-Large
Founder and Editor-at-Large
eISBN : 978-0-786-73355-2
Copyright © 2009 by Frank Partnoy
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Paperback edition published in 2004 by Holt Paperbacks, Henry Holt and Company, LLC Revised paperback edition published in 2009 in the United States by PublicAffairsâ¢, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Partnoy, Frank.
p. cm.
I. Securities fraudâUnited States. 2. Financial services industryâCorrupt practicesâUnited States. 3. CorporationsâUnited StatesâCorrupt practices. 4. CorporationsâAuditingâUnited States. 5. FraudâUnited StatesâPrevention. I. Title: How deceit and risk corrupted the financial markets. II. Title.
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338.6'041'0973âdc21 2002040898
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