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

Title: The match king : Ivar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals / Frank Partnoy.
Author: Partnoy, Frank.
Publication: New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.

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xiii, 272 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

Frank Partnoy delivers a thrilling history lesson about an era and a nearly century-old Wall Street scandal rooted in unscrupulous investment banking and derivative hedge funds techniques developed by one man--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. Then he suddenly committed suicide in 1932. 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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Bibliography (note)

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

Call Number

JFE 10-3653.

ISBN

9781586487430
1586487434

OCLC

316806735

Author

Partnoy, Frank.

Title

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

Imprint

New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

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

Research Call Number

JFE 10-3653.

JFE 10-3653

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