{"product_id":"the-gogo-years-9780471357551","title":"The GoGo Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Go-Go Years\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Go-Go Years is not to be read in the usual manner ofWall Street classics. You do not read this book to see our presentsituation reenacted in the past, with only the names changed. Youread it because it is a wonderful description of the way thingswere in a different time and place.\u003cbr\u003e --From the Foreword by Michael Lewis\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Go-Go Years is the harrowing and humorous story ofthe growth stocks of the 1960s and how their meteoric rise caused amultitude of small investors to thrive until the devastating marketcrashes in the 1970s. It was a time when greed drove the market andfast money was being made and lost as the go-go stocks surged andplunged. Included are the stories of such high-profilepersonalities as H. Ross Perot who lost $450 million in one day,Saul Steinberg''s attempt to take over Chemical Bank, and the fallof America''s Last Gatsby, Eddie Gilbert.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise for The Go-Go Years\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Those for whom the stock market is mostly a spec\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClimax: The Day Henry Ross Perot Lost $450 Million.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fair Exchange: The Year the Amex Delisted the Old GuardRomans.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Last Gatsby: Recessional for Edward M. Gilbert.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Palmy Days and Low Rumblings: Early Warnings Along WallStreet.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Northern Exposure: Early Warnings Along Bay Street.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Birth of Go-Go: The Rise of a Proper Chinese Bostonian.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Conglomerateurs: Corporate Chutzpah and CreativeAccounting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Enormous Back Room: Drugs, Fails, and Chaos Among theClerks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Go-Go at High Noon: The View from Trinity Church.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Confrontation: Steinberg\/Leasco vs. Renchard\/Chemical Bank.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Revelry Before Waterloo: The Time of the Great GarbageMarket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The 1970 Crash: To the Edge of the Abyss.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Saving Graces: The Invisible Samaritans of Wall Street.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Go-Go Years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Notes on Sources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767551066455,"sku":"9780471357551","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471357551.jpg?v=1758713749","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-gogo-years-9780471357551","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}