Smartest Guys in the Room The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Name: Smartest Guys in the Room The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
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ISBN: 9781591840084

ISBN-10: 1591840082

ISBN-13: 9781591840084

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

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The definitive volume on Enron's amazing rise and scandalous fall, from an award-winning team of Fortune investigative reporters. There were dozens of books about Watergate, but only All the President's Men gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance and exclusive reporting. And thirty years later, if you're going to read only one book on Watergate, that's still the one. Today, Enron is the biggest business story of our time, and Fortune senior writers Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind are the new Woodward and Bernstein. Remarkably, it was just two years ago that Enron was thought to epitomize a great New Economy company, with its skyrocketing profits and share price. But…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/13/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Authors' Notes and Acknowledgments


Cast of Characters


Our Values


Introduction



Lunch on a Silver Platter



"Please Keep Making Us Millions"



"We Were the Apostles"



The First Prima Donna



Guys with Spikes



The Empress of Energy



The 15 Percent Solution



A Recipe for Disaster



The Klieg-Light Syndrome



The Hotel Kenneth-Lay-a



Andy Fastow's Secrets



The Big Enchilada



"An Unnatural Act"



The Beating Heart of Enron



Everybody Loves Enron



When Pigs Could Fly



Gaming California



Bandwidth Hog



"Ask Why, Asshole"



"I Want to Resign"



The $45 Million Question



"We Have No Cash!"


Epilogue: Isn't Anybody Sorry?


Index