Full name: The Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street as a World Power: 1653-2000

Author: John Steele Gordon Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Economics, Business Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780743200431 9780684832876 0743200438 0684832879

In "The Great Game," acclaimed business historian John Steele Gordon chronicles the rise of Wall Street from its humble beginnings as an American trading post to its domination of the world economy, bringing to life the remarkable cast of bankers and brokers, visionaries and crooks who made it happen. From Alexander Hamilton to Michael Milken, the history of Wall Street is a history of risk, courage, avarice, patriotism, power, genius, and, occasionally, remarkable stupidity. In Gordon, Wall Street has finally found a biographer worthy of its extraordinary story. Similar books: Wall Street by Charles R. Geisst The Company by John Micklethwait The Predators' Ball by Connie Bruck House of Cards by William D. Cohan Origins of the Crash by Roger Lowenstein Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough The Last Tycoons by William D. Cohan Bull! by Maggie Mahar Capital Ideas by Peter L. Bernstein The End of Wall Street by Roger Lowenstein The Power of Gold by Peter L. Bernstein The Sellout by Charles Gasparino The History of Money by Jack Weatherford The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson A Piece of the Action by Joe Nocera Empire of Wealth by John Steele Gordon Hamilton's Blessing by John Steele Gordon Flash Boys by Michael Lewis Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell