Impeccable Connections: The Rise and Fall of Richard Whitney - Brossura

Mackay, Malcolm

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1883283620 ISBN 13: 9781883283629

Casa editrice: Lightning Source Inc, 2013

Riassunto

"In 'Impeccable Connections,' Malcolm MacKay, who knew his subject, attempts to fathom the man whom puzzled contemporaries could not."Maxwell Carter, writing for the The Wall Street JournalRead this spellbinding book, which repeatedly takes your breath away, and learn that some things never change.Craig R. Whitney, author of LIVING WITH GUNS: A LIBERALS CASE FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT Although Richard Whitney is not a common name today, the story of his rise to the top of Wall Street and fall to Sing Sing presages the more recent trajectories of men such as Bernard Madoff, Ivan Boesky, and Charles Keating. In a sense, Whitneys fall was even greater in that he started at the top of the old-guard establishment. NOT DICK WHITNEY. NOT DICK WHITNEY! President Franklin D. Roosevelt exclaimed upon being told Richard Whitney, the long-time president of the New York Stock Exchange, was a criminal. Almost ten years earlier, on October 24, 1929, Black Thursday, as one newspapers headline put it the next day, Richard Whitney Halts Stock Panic. In 1934, he appeared on the cover of Time magazine, hailed as the leader of the securities industry in its fight against New Deal regulation. Whitneys message was clear: the securities industry could regulate itself, and the federal government should stay out. Sound familiar?This book tells the tale of Richard Whitney and describes in detail the banking and investment structure that precipitated the stock market collapse of 1929, and how as president of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney played his role while manipulating powerful and trusted friends.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Lightning Source Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1883283620
• ISBN 13: 9781883283629
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 118
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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