Money and Power by William D Cohan

Money and Power by William D Cohan

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Goldman Sachs are the investment bank all other banks - and most businesses - want to emulate; the firm with the best talent, the best strategy. But is their success just down to the gilded magic of the 'Goldman way'? This book is a story of clashing egos, backstabbing, sex scandals, private investigators, court cases and government cabals.

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Money and Power by William D Cohan

Goldman Sachs are the investment bank all other banks - and most businesses - want to emulate; the firm with the best talent, the best strategy. But is their success just down to the gilded magic of the 'Goldman way'? This book is a story of clashing egos, backstabbing, sex scandals, private investigators, court cases and government cabals.
Revelatory, engrossing, penetrating.. Cohan revels in a good bust-up * Financial Times *

The best analysis yet of Goldman's increasingly tangled web of conflicts

* Economist *
Startling ... lifts the lid on Goldman's pivotal role in the meltdown * Mail on Sunday *
Cohan portrays a firm that has grown so large and hungry that it's no longer long-term greedy but short-term vicious. And that's the wonder - and horror - of Goldman Sachs * Businessweek *
Cohan's book tells of bitter power struggles and business cock-ups * Guardian *
A definitive account of the most profitable and influential investment bank of the modern era * New York Times Book Review *
William Cohan is an award-winning journalist and Wall Street veteran. His first book, The Last Tycoons, about Lazard, won the 2007 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award and was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, House of Cards, also a bestseller, is an account of the last days of Bear Stearns & Co, described as "gripping...high drama" by Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times. He is a regular on the pages of the Financial Times, is a contributing editor at both Vanity Fair and Fortune, and is an online columnist for The New York Times.
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ISBN 13 9780241954065
ISBN 10 0241954061
Title Money and Power
Author William D Cohan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2012-04-26
Number of pages 672
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.