NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington “Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told brilliantly.” —The Economist NOW AN HBO FILM
One of the most gripping financial stories in decades, Too Big to Faildelivers a blow-by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates all the drama and turmoil of those turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how—motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation—the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.
This edition has been updated with a new afterword reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the crisis.
About the Author
Andrew Ross Sorkin is an award-winning journalist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of Squawk Box, CNBC’s signature morning program. He is also the founder and editor-at-large of DealBook, an online daily financial report published by The New York Times that he started in 2001. Sorkin is the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail and the co-producer of the 2011 film adaptation, which was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards. Sorkin is also co-creator of the drama series Billions on Showtime.
Praise For…
“Comprehensive and chilling.” —Time
“. . . His action scenes are intimate and engaging.” —The New Yorker
“Sorkin’s prodigious reporting and lively writing put the reader in the room for some of the biggest-dollar conference calls in history. It’s an entertaining book, brisk book . . . Sorkin skillfully captures the raucous enthusiasm and riotous greed that fueled this rational irrationality.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Brings the drama alive with unusual inside access and compelling detail . . . A deeply researched account of the financial meltdown." —BusinessWeek
“Meticulously researched . . . told brilliantly. Other blow-by-blow accounts are in the works. It is hard to imagine them being this riveting.” —The Economist
“Sorkin’s densely detailed and astonishing narrative of the epic financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account . . . as a dramatic close-up, his book is hard to beat.” —Financial Times
“Sorkin’s book, like its author, is a phenom . . . an absolute tour de force.” —The American Prospect
“Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis.” —The Atlantic Monthly
“Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless through Great Depression II.” —Tom Wolfe
“Sorkin has succeeded in writing the book of the crisis, with amazing levels of detail and access.” —Reuters
“Sorkin can write. His storytelling makes Liar’s Poker look like a children’s book.” —SNL Financial
