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Uncontrolled risk : the lessons of Lehman Brothers and how systemic risk can still bring down the world financial system /
By: Williams, Mark T.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010Description: viii, 247 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780071638296 (hbk); 9780071638296:; 0071638296 (hbk).Subject(s): Lehman Brothers (1993-2008) | Bank failures -- United States | Banks and banking -- Risk management -- United States | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009DDC classification: 332.10973 Summary: Mark Williams explains how uncontrolled risk toppled a 158-year-old institution. He tells the story in a detailed and engaging way and provides the reader with a complete summary of how a savvy company with sophisticated employees and systems could have gotten it so wrong.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 332.10973 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0060322 |
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Includes appendix and index.
Mark Williams explains how uncontrolled risk toppled a 158-year-old institution. He tells the story in a detailed and engaging way and provides the reader with a complete summary of how a savvy company with sophisticated employees and systems could have gotten it so wrong.