Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bartleby, the Scrivener Bartleby, the Scrivener Herman Melville "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 185… OL102732W
War at the Wall Street journal War at the Wall Street journal Sarah Ellison This is a tale about big business, an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that sums up an era of change. The main character, rocked by feuding factions and those who would remake it, is the… OL15470530W
Liar's Poker Liar's Poker Michael Lewis Liar's Poker is a non-fiction, semi-autobiographical book by Michael Lewis describing the author's experiences as a bond salesman on Wall Street during the late 1980s. First published in 1989, it is … OL15728974W
Dark genius of Wall Street Dark genius of Wall Street Edward Renehan Jay Gould was the robber baron's robber baron: the greatest financial and business genius of his time and also the most widely hated. Gould was the undisputed master of the nation's railroads and tel… OL15830072W
The Gaga years The Gaga years Brett Duval Fromson x, 374 pages ; 23 cm OL18960800W
Why Wall Street matters Why Wall Street matters William D. Cohan "A timely, counterintuitive defense of Wall Street and the big banks as the invisible--albeit flawed--engines that power our ideas, and should be made to work better for all of us Maybe you think the… OL19662253W
Wall Street capitalism Wall Street capitalism E. Ray Canterbery Breaking the chains of the bond market ... This book goes behind the headlines of the Wall Street Journal to unmask the "bondholding class". Insulated from criticism by a self-serving ideology, the b… OL19910330W
Free People, Free Markets Free People, Free Markets George Melloan ix, 368 pages ; 24 cm OL26792478W
The go-go years The go-go years John Brooks vii, 375 p. ; 21 cm OL465751W
The mind of Wall Street The mind of Wall Street Leon Levy "In The Mind of Wall Street, Levy takes a long and broad view of the rhythms of the markets and the economy, and his stories of past booms and busts, of financial chicanery and willful self-deception… OL6579316W
Tearing Down the Walls Tearing Down the Walls Monica Langley "The very night that Sanford "Sandy" Weill, the chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup, was being feted on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as CEO of the Year, the television scree… OL8443022W