{"product_id":"the-match-king-ivar-kreuger-the-financial-genius-behind-a-century-of-wall-street-scandals-1586487434-used","title":"The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1586487434\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Partnoy, Frank\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the roaring '20s, Swedish émigré Ivar Kreuger made a fortune raising money in America and loaning it to Europe in exchange for matchstick monopolies. His enterprise was a rare success story throughout the Great Depression.Yet after Kreuger's suicide in 1932, the true nature of his empire emerged. Driven by success to adopt ever-more perilous practices, Kreuger had turned to shell companies in tax havens, fudged accounting figures, off-balance-sheet accounting, even forgery. He created a raft of innovative financial products many of them precursors to instruments wreaking havoc in today's markets. When his Wall Street empire collapsed, millions went bankrupt.Frank Partnoy, a frequent commentator on financial disaster for the Financial Times, New York Times, NPR, and CBS's 60 Minutes, recasts the life story of a remarkable yet forgotten genius in ways that force us to re-think our ideas about the wisdom of crowds, the invisible hand, and the free and unfettered market.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337741201696,"sku":"USED1586487434","price":32.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91iBcWhMc_L_a2046dd1-225f-46f0-b02d-178f3fa69a73.jpg?v=1789086591","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-match-king-ivar-kreuger-the-financial-genius-behind-a-century-of-wall-street-scandals-1586487434-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}