The match king : Ivar Kreuger, the financial genius behind a century of Wall Street scandals / Frank Partnoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Partnoy, Frank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Match industry--Sweden--History.

Match industry.

Commercial criminals--Sweden--Biography.

Commercial criminals.

Swindlers and swindling--Sweden--Biography.

Swindlers and swindling.

Capitalists and financiers--Sweden--Biography.

Capitalists and financiers.

Businesspeople--Sweden--Biography.

Businesspeople.

International finance--Corrupt practices--History.

International finance.

Svenska tändsticks AB--History.

Svenska tändsticks AB.

Kreuger & Toll--History.

Kreuger & Toll.

Kreuger, Ivar, 1880-1932.

Kreuger, Ivar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A nearly century-old Wall Street scandal rooted in unscrupulous investment banking and derivative hedge funds techniques developed by one man--Swedish émigré and notorious charmer Ivar Kreuger. Kreuger made his fortune in the 1920s by raising money from American investors to lend to European governments in exchange for match monopolies. After the collapse of 1929, he continued to make money. Then in 1932 he suddenly committed suicide. As his fraudulent schemes unraveled in the wake of his death, the so-called "Kreuger crash" began, bankrupting millions and leading to the enactment of the securities laws of 1933 and 1934.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

PREFACE

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A NOTE ON SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES

INDEX

Frank Partnoy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-235) and index.

ISBN:

0-7867-4154-6

1-282-46015-3

OCLC:

369427256