Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: William D. Cohan Издательство: Allen Lane Страниц: 672 ISBN: 978-1-84614-454-7
Описание
When, in late 2008, the dust finally started to settle on one of the worst financial crises in history, only one Wall Street institution still stood virtually unassailed - Goldman Sachs. Why did Goldman survive, and even flourish, when so many of its peers were collapsing around them? Were the Goldman professionals simply the "smartest guys in the room", the elite of the elite? Or was there more at work than simply the magic of "The Goldman Way"? In Money and Power William D. Cohan peers behind the curtain to give us the inside story of why Goldman is so profitable, and so powerful. His behind-the-scenes account shows how, buttressed by the most aggressive and sophisticated PR machine in the financial industry, Goldman Sachs has continually projected an image of being superior to its competitors - smarter, more collegial, more ethical, more client-focused. But Cohan also reveals another way of viewing Goldman - as a secretive money-making machine that has walked an uneasy line...
