The match king : Ivar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals / Frank Partnoy.

By:

Partnoy, Frank

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : PublicAffairs, 2009Description: xiii, 272 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781586487430 (hbk.)
1586487434 (hbk.)

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LOC classification:

B HD 9660 K92P 2009

Contents:

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

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

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	B HD 9660 K92P 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000199802

Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-235) and index.

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

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

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