Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World[金钱与权力，高盛如何统治世界]

图书标准信息

• 作者 William D. Cohan（威廉·D·科汉） 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2012-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780385523844
• 定价 228.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 16开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 672页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Fromthebestselling,prize-winningauthorofTHELASTTYCOONSandHOUSEOFCARDS,arevelatoryhistoryofGoldmanSachs,themostdominant,feared,andcontroversialinvestmentbankintheworld.

Formuchofitsstoried142-yearhistory,GoldmanSachshasprojectedanimageofbeingbetterthanitscompetitors--smarter,morecollegial,moreethical,andfarmoreprofitable.Thefirm--buttressedbythemostaggressiveandsophisticatedp.r.machineinthefinancialindustry--oftenboastsof"TheGoldmanWay,"abusinessmodelpredicatedonhiringthemosttalentedpeople,indoctrinatingtheminacorporateculturewherepartnersstifletheiregosforthegreatergood,andhonoringthe"14Principles,"thefirstofwhichis"Ourclients'interestsalwayscomefirst."

ButthereisanotherwayofviewingGoldman--asecretivemoney-makingmachinethathasstraddledthelinebetweenconflict-of-interestandlegitimatedeal-makingfordecades;afirmthathasexertedundueinfluenceovergovernmentsincetheearlypartofthe20thcentury;acompanycomposedof"cyborgs"whoarekeptinlinebyaninternal"reputationalriskdepartment"staffedbyformerCIAoperativesandprivateinvestigators;aworkplacerifewithbrutalpowerstruggles;aWallStreettitanwhosecleverbetagainstthemortgagemarketin2007--abetnotrevealedtoitsclients--mayhavemadethefinancialruinoftheGreatRecessionworse.

AsWilliamD.CohanshowsinhisrivetingchronicleofGoldman'srisetothesummitofworldcapitalism,thefirmhasshownaremarkableabilitytoweatherfinancialcrises,congressional,federalandSECinvestigations,andnumerouslawsuits,allwithitsreputationanditsenormousprofitsintact.Byreadingthousandsofpagesofgovernmentdocuments,courtcases,SECfilings,FreedomofInformationActpapersandothersources,andconductingover100interviews,includinginterviewswithclients,competitors,regulators,currentandformerGoldmanemployees(includingthesixlivingmenwhohaverunGoldman),CohanhasconstructedavividnarrativethatlooksbehindtheveilofsecrecytorevealhowGoldmanhasbecomesoprofitable,andsopowerful.

Partoftheansweristhefirm'sassiduouscultivationofpeopleinpower--datingbackto1913,whenHenryGoldmanadvisedthegovernmentonhowthenewFederalReserve,designedtooverseeWallStreet,shouldbeconstituted.SidneyWeinberg,whoranthefirmforfourdecades,advisedpresidentsfromRoosevelttoKennedyandwasnicknamed"ThePolitician"forhisbehind-the-scenesfriendshipswithgovernmentofficials.GoldmanexecutivesranfundraisingeffortsforNixon,Reagan,ClintonandGeorgeW.Bush.ThefirmshoweredlucrativeconsultingorspeakingfeesonfigureslikeHenryKissingerandLawrenceSummers.Famously,andfatefully,twoGoldmanleaders--RobertRubinandHenryPaulson--becameSecretariesoftheTreasury,wheretheiractionsbothbeforeandduringthefinancialcrisisof2008becamethestuffofcontroversyandconspiracytheories.

Anothermajorstrandinthefirm'sDNAisitseagernesstodealonbothsidesofatransaction,elidingquestionsofconflictofinterestbythemereassertionoftheirinnatehonestyandnobility,arefrainrepeatedmanytimesinitshistory,mostnotoriouslybycurrentGoldmanCEOLloydBlankfein'sjestingassertionthathewasdoing"God'swork."

AsMichikoKakutani'sNewYorkTimesreviewofHOUSEOFCARDSsaid,"Cohanwriteswithaninsider'sknowledgeoftheworkingsofWallStreet,areporter'sinvestigativeinstinctsandanaturalstoryteller'snarrativecommand."InMONEY&POWER,Cohanhasmarshaledallthesegiftsinapowerfulanddefinitiveaccountofaninstitutionwhosepublicclaimsofvirtuelookverymuchlikeruthlessnesswhenexposedtothelightofday.

【作者简介】

WilliamD.CohanistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesbestsellersHouseofCardsandTheLastTycoons,whichwonthe2007FT/GoldmanSachsBusinessBookoftheYearAward.HeisacontributingeditoratVanityFair,hasabi-weeklyopinioncolumninTheNewYorkTimes,andwritesfrequentlyforTheFinancialTimes,Fortune,TheAtlantic,andtheWashingtonPost,amongotherpublications.Aformerinvestmentbanker,CohanisagraduateofDukeUniversity,ColumbiaUniversitySchoolofJournalismandtheColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofBusiness.