From Bear Stearns to Bear Markets

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Over the course of its 85 year history Bear Stearns became one of the financial giants on Wall Street. Then, in 2008 the company collapsed and took the rest of the financial system down with it. William Cohan chronicles the infighting, hubris, bad bets and terrible decisions that destroyed the company and triggered global financial ruin in House of Cards.

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