The Predators' Ball: The Junk-Bond Raiders And The Man Who Staked Them
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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In the glittering, morally treacherous world of 1980s Wall Street, The Predators' Ball chronicles the extraordinary rise and catastrophic fall of Michael Milken, the financial genius who weaponized junk bonds to reshape the American economy and fund a generation of corporate raiders. Connie Bruck presents a gripping account of how Milken, operating from Drexel Burnham Lambert's Beverly Hills office, built a high-yield bond empire that financed some of the most audacious hostile takeovers in corporate history, all while cultivating a network of loyal financiers whose ambitions were as boundless as their appetite for risk. A landmark work of financial journalism, this book dissects the systemic greed, regulatory failures, and cult of personality that defined an era of unprecedented excess, illustrating how a single man's vision could simultaneously democratize capital markets and corrupt them from within. Bruck's prose is precise yet propulsive, blending meticulous investigative reporting with the narrative tension of a thriller, drawing on unprecedented access to key players on both sides of the law. For anyone seeking to understand how the deals of the 1980s permanently altered the landscape of American capitalism, this is the definitive and indispensable account — one whose cautionary echoes resonate long after the final page.
Author: Connie Bruck
Format: Paperback
Genre: Business & economics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the glittering, morally treacherous world of 1980s Wall Street, The Predators' Ball chronicles the extraordinary rise and catastrophic fall of Michael Milken, the financial genius who weaponized junk bonds to reshape the American economy and fund a generation of corporate raiders. Connie Bruck presents a gripping account of how Milken, operating from Drexel Burnham Lambert's Beverly Hills office, built a high-yield bond empire that financed some of the most audacious hostile takeovers in corporate history, all while cultivating a network of loyal financiers whose ambitions were as boundless as their appetite for risk. A landmark work of financial journalism, this book dissects the systemic greed, regulatory failures, and cult of personality that defined an era of unprecedented excess, illustrating how a single man's vision could simultaneously democratize capital markets and corrupt them from within. Bruck's prose is precise yet propulsive, blending meticulous investigative reporting with the narrative tension of a thriller, drawing on unprecedented access to key players on both sides of the law. For anyone seeking to understand how the deals of the 1980s permanently altered the landscape of American capitalism, this is the definitive and indispensable account — one whose cautionary echoes resonate long after the final page.