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The Match King - Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals (Paperback) Loot Price: R516
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The Match King - Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals (Paperback)

Frank Partnoy

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At the height of the roaring '20s, Swedish emigre Ivar Kreuger made a fortune raising money in America and loaning it to Europe in exchange for matchstick monopolies. His enterprise was a rare success story throughout the Great Depression. Yet after his suicide in 1932, it became clear that Kreuger was not all he seemed: evidence surfaced of fudged accounting figures, off-balance-sheet accounting, even forgery. He created a raft of innovative financial products-- many of them precursors to instruments wreaking havoc in today's markets. In this gripping financial biography, Frank Partnoy recasts the life story of a remarkable yet forgotten genius in ways that force us to re-think our ideas about the wisdom of crowds, the invisible hand, and the free and unfettered market.

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Imprint: PublicAffairs,U.S.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2010
First published: March 2010
Authors: Frank Partnoy
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-812-3
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > General
Books > Money & Finance > General
LSN: 1-58648-812-0
Barcode: 9781586488123

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