The match king : Ivar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals / Frank Partnoy.
2009
KF9351 .P37 2009 (Mapit)
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The match king : Ivar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals / Frank Partnoy.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
New York : PublicAffairs, [2009]
Copyright
© 2009.
Description
xiii, 272 pages ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Coming to American
Getting to Lee Higg
The speech
Trouble at home
The green eye shade
Poland first
Le Boom
The match palace
A weekend in Germany
One last chance
Coming back to America
Death in the air
Greatness?
Coda.
Getting to Lee Higg
The speech
Trouble at home
The green eye shade
Poland first
Le Boom
The match palace
A weekend in Germany
One last chance
Coming back to America
Death in the air
Greatness?
Coda.
Summary
A nearly century-old Wall Street scandal rooted in unscrupulous investment banking and derivative hedge funds techniques developed by one man--Swedish émigré and notorious charmer Ivar Kreuger. Kreuger made his fortune in the 1920s by raising money from American investors to lend to European governments in exchange for match monopolies. After the collapse of 1929, he continued to make money. Then in 1932 he suddenly committed suicide. As his fraudulent schemes unraveled in the wake of his death, the so-called "Kreuger crash" began, bankrupting millions and leading to the enactment of the securities laws of 1933 and 1934.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-235) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF9351 .P37 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9781586487430 (hc.)
1586487434 (hc.)
9781586488123 (paperback)
1586488120 (paperback)
1586487434 (hc.)
9781586488123 (paperback)
1586488120 (paperback)
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