Eagle on the Street: Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Account of the SEC's Battle with Wall StreetThe complete account of the most infamous economic debacle of our century, the story of how the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the sway of Reaganomics and the leadership of John Shad, brought deregulation to the stock market and helped fuel the great bull market while planting some of the seeds for the 1987 crash. No other book tells the whole story, with such color and precision. This is the definitive exploration of the Senate hearing rooms, office towers, trading pits, and back rooms where Wall Street and Washington cut the deals of a decade of greed. Photos. |
Contents
A Great New Beginning | 1 |
The Man from Wall Street | 21 |
A Giant of the Opera | 43 |
Copyright | |
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Eagle on the Street: The SEC and Wall Street during the Reagan Years David A. Vise,Steve Coll Limited preview - 2017 |
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