01967nam a22003257a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002500069020002200094040001300116041000800129050002500137100002000162245011700182260003900299300003000338504006900368505022100437520063600658600003201294610004001326610003101366610003401397650004901431650002601480650004101506650004001547650005401587BJBSDDR20260526155813.0ta260514s2009    nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781586487430 (hbk.)  a1586487434 (hbk.)  bengcDLC  aeng14aB HD 9660bK92P 20091 aPartnoy, Frank 14aThe match king : bIvar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals /cFrank Partnoy.  aNew York : bPublicAffairs, c2009  axiii, 272 pages ; c24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [230]-235) and index.0 aComing 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  aA 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 193414aKreuger, Ivar, d1880-1932 24aSvenska tändsticks AB xHistoria 24aKreuger & Toll xHistoria 24aSveriges riksbank xHistoria  4aIndustria del fósforo xHistoria zSuecia  4aEstafadores zSuecia  4aDelincuentes vBiografíaszSuecia  4aCapitalistas y financieroszSuecia  4aFinanzas internacionales xPrácticas corruptas