The Greatest Trade Ever

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman describes how one man foresaw the financial crisis and outwitted Wall Street's titans to make financial history. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History gives an account of how our economy became so precarious, and how huge financial deals were struck to make--and loose--billions.

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