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The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind A Century Of Wall Street Scandals (2009)

by Frank Partnoy(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1586487434 (ISBN13: 9781586487430)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

PublicAffairs

review 1: I really don't relate to economics, but this book is fascinating. Financial genius, financial con artist. The line between the two is slim, and probably relates to how the money flows -- or doesn't. Everything that happened in the '80's, everything that happened in 2008, it was all done before by Ivar Keueger, who did it all with matches. What is common today in finance was created by him. Eventually houses of card fall, and Krueger's went up in the smoke of his matches. A really good read.
review 2: While the language seems to have been dumbed down for a general audience, I enjoyed this account of a financial genius of the 1920s/early 1930s who was the epitome of the era of exuberance leading to the Stock Market Crash of 1929. No matter what you might th... moreink of his tactics, and they were plenty shady, Ivar Kreuger manipulated people and finances to a degree that was dizzying. And of course, the parallels between his strategies, and those of the bankers and investors of the lastest financial meltdown are uncanny, with much to be learned for those who are interested. Only a man of rare intelligence, both intellectual and emotional, could have achieved what he achieved, which gives the reader a fascinating story. less

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