Too Big to Fail

Andrew Ross Sorkin is The New York Times' award-winning top mergers and acquisitions writer, columnist, and assistant editor of business and finance reporting. He is also the editor and founder of DealBook, a daily financial report published online. He has received the top accolade in business journalism, the Gerald Loeb Award, as well as the Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award. He was recognized a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007.

Too Big to Fail is a nonfiction book by Andrew Ross Sorkin that chronicles the events of the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers from the perspective of Wall Street CEOs and US government regulators. Viking Press published the book on October 20, 2009.

The book provides an overview of the 2008 financial crisis, from the start of 2008 to the decision to establish the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The book tells the story from the perspectives of the major financial institutions' and regulatory authorities' leaders, describing in great detail their daily discussions and decisions during that difficult period.

Too Big to Fail received the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book in 2010, and was nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in 2010. The novel was adapted for the HBO television film Too Big to Fail in 2011.

Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin

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