On the Brink：Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System

图书标准信息

• 作者 Henry M. Paulson Jr. 著
• 出版社 Grand Central Publishing
• 出版时间 2010-02
• ISBN 9780446561938
• 定价 206.40元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 480页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WhenHankPaulson,theformerCEOofGoldmanSachs,wasappointedin2006tobecomethenation'snextSecretaryoftheTreasury,heknewthathismovefromWallStreettoWashingtonwouldbedauntingandchallenging.
ButPaulsonhadnoideathatayearlater,hewouldfindhimselfattheveryepicenteroftheworld'smostcataclysmicfinancialcrisissincetheGreatDepression.MajorinstitutionsincludingBearStearns,FannieMae,FreddieMac,LehmanBrothers,AIG,MerrillLynch,andCitigroup,amongothers-allsteepedinrich,longstandingtradition-literallyteeteredattheedgeofcollapse.Panicensnaredinternationalmarkets.Worstofall,thecreditcrisisspreadtoallpartsoftheU.S.economyandgrewmoreominouswitheachpassingday,destroyingjobsacrossAmericaandunderminingthefinancialsecuritymillionsoffamilieshadspenttheirlifetimesbuilding.
Thiswastrulyaonce-in-a-lifetimeeconomicnightmare.Eventsnoonehadthoughtpossiblewerehappeninginquicksuccession,andpeopleallovertheglobewereterrifiedthatthecontinuingdownwardspiralwouldbringunprecedentedchaos.AlleyesturnedtotheUnitedStatesTreasurySecretarytoavertthedisaster.
This,then,isHankPaulson'sfirst-personaccount.Fromthemanwhowasintheverymiddleofthisperfecteconomicstorm,ONTHEBRINKisPaulson'sfast-pacedretellingofthekeydecisionsthathadtobemadewithlightningspeed.Paulsonputsthereaderintheroomforalltheintensemomentsasheaddressedurgentmarketconditions,weighedcriticaldecisions,anddebatedpolicyandeconomicconsiderationswithofallthenotableplayers-includingtheCEOsoftopWallStreetfirmsaswellasBenBernanke,TimothyGeithner,SheilaBair,NancyPelosi,BarneyFrank,presidentialcandidatesBarackObamaandJohnMcCain,andthen-PresidentGeorgeW.Bush.
Morethananaccountaboutnumbersandcreditrisksgonebad,ONTHEBRINKisanextraordinarystoryaboutpeopleandpolitics-allbroughttogetherduringtheworld'simpendingfinancialArmageddon.

【作者简介】

HenryM.Paulson,Jr.servedunderPresidentGeorgeW.Bushasthe74thSecretaryoftheTreasuryfromJune2006untilJanuary2009.BeforecomingtoTreasury,PaulsonwasChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficerofGoldmanSachsfromthetimeofthefirm'sinitialpublicofferingin1999.HejoinedGoldmanSachsChicagoOfficein1974androsethroughtheranksholdingseveralpositionsincluding,ManagingPartnerofthefirm'sChicagooffice,Co-headofthefirm'sinvestmentBankingDivision,PresidentandChiefOperatingOfficer,andCo-Seniorpartner.PriortojoiningGoldmanSachs,PaulsonwasamemberoftheWhiteHouseDomesticCouncil,servingasStaffAssistanttothePresidentfrom1972to1973,andasStaffAssistanttotheAssistantSecretaryofDefenseatthePentagonfrom1970to1972.PaulsongraduatedfromDartmouthin1968,wherehemajoredinEnglish,wasamemberofPhiBetaKappa,andanAllIvy,AllEastfootballplayer.HereceivedanM.B.A.fromHarvardin1970.