{"product_id":"the-lost-bank-9781451617931","title":"The Lost Bank","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis coming soon.......\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exhaustively researched and well-written account of one of the widely ignored chapters of the great financial crisis. Grind does an excellent job of bringing the complex story to life, and capturing the sense of drama and the impact on peoples' lives. It also casts a spotlight on the role of the FDIC, which has not received as much attention as it should have done. An insightful and well-written book.\" —\u003cb\u003eGillian Tett, author of \u003ci\u003eFool's Gold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kirsten Grind’s dogged reporting lays bare a tale of out-of-control salesmen and executive-level gamblers who transformed one of America’s most respected banks into a weapon of mass financial destruction. \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Bank\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning read that exposes the Wild West banking tactics that harmed customers, workers and the nation as a whole.\"—\u003cb\u003eMichael W. Hudson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Monster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The transformation of Washington Mutual from folksy community lender to reckless 2000-branch behemoth is one of the epic stories of American finance. The bank that banned potted plants to save money in the 1980s became the bank that hired white-suited ‘evangelists’ to praise its go-go mortgages with screams of 'WaMu-lujah.' Grind tells this boom-bust story without lapsing into melodrama or malice, and her tale is all the more powerful for that.\" \u003cb\u003e—Sebastian Mallaby, author of \u003ci\u003eMore Money Than God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Lost Bank\u003c\/i\u003e is a superbly written, insider account of the collapse of Washington Mutual, among the more surprising downfalls of the financial crisis. It's a story of hubris, ambition and poor judgment that entertains but also is a disturbing coda to the difficult period, providing enduring lessons about how a group of executives who predicted the housing collapse were somehow felled by it.\"—\u003cb\u003eGregory Zuckerman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Trade Ever\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What a marvelous book this is, so well-reported and so well-told by a writer who really threw herself into telling her story. And what an incredible tale that turns out to be, a once-beloved bank felled by greed, hubris, and a shocking disregard of all the obvious warning signs portending the financial disaster that was about to hit all of us. The life-savings of shareholders go up in smoke, a long-standing institution is done in by a new breed of short-sited executives, and meanwhile there was the havoc caused by all those subprime mortgages Washington Mutual, one of the country’s more aggressive and reckless lenders, pushed through the financial system. \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Bank\u003c\/i\u003e would be a joy to read if not for the Greek tragedy that unspools vividly and painfully before your eyes. A first-rate job by a first-rate journalist.\"—\u003cb\u003eGary Rivlin, author of \u003ci\u003eBroke, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A detailed, instructive account of a bank failure far away from the power centers of New York City.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucid, entertaining . . . One of the best accounts... of the Great Crash as it played out on a human scale.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Bank\u003c\/i\u003e, Grind achieves the best of the business journalist's calling, not only reporting the WaMu disaster in clear, compelling prose for the general reader, but also offering new information and details that may surprise those who think they know the story... [A] sparkling achievement.\" -- Jon Talton * The Seattle Times *\u003cbr\u003e\"Grind... has produced a compelling case study of corporate incompetence and of how regulators are politically captured by the businesses they are meant to oversee.\"\u003cb\u003e—Steven Pearlstein, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An eye-opening book.\"\u003cb\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If indeed this book had been fiction, it would have been branded unrealistic, outlandish, and out of the realm of reality. It is, however, a factual account with endnotes, references, and detailed documentation of sources used. It is an incredible story... The book reads very much like a novel and holds the reader’s interest.\"\u003cb\u003e—William J. Taylor, \u003ci\u003eABA Banking Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fantastic story... Every American should read about it...\"—\u003cb\u003eJohn Hockenberry, \"The Takeaway\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Almost a Barbarians-esque view...\"—\u003cb\u003eAndrew Ross Sorkin, \"Squawk Box\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Kirsten Grind deftly restores the 'lost bank' to its rightful place in the annals of financial disasters... The clarity and humility of the writing is refreshing.\"—\u003cb\u003eTom Braithwaite, \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530116735319,"sku":"9781451617931","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781451617931.jpg?v=1731878126","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-lost-bank-9781451617931","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}