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On the Brink：Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System

内容简介

WhenHankPaulson,theformerCEOofGoldmanSachs,wasappointedin2006tobecomethenation'snextSecretaryoftheTreasury,heknewthathismovefromWallStreettoWashingtonwouldbedauntingandchallenging.ButPaulsonhadnoideathatayearlater,hewouldfindhimselfattheveryepicenteroftheworld'smostcataclysmicfinancialcrisissincetheGreatDepression.MajorinstitutionsincludingBearStearns,FannieMae,FreddieMac,LehmanBrothers,AIG,MerrillLynch,andCitigroup,amongothers-allsteepedinrich,longstandingtradition-literallyteeteredattheedgeofcollapse.Panicensnaredinternationalmarkets.Worstofall,thecreditcrisisspreadtoallpartsoftheU.S.economyandgrewmoreominouswitheachpassingday,destroyingjobsacrossAmericaandunderminingthefinancialsecuritymillionsoffamilieshadspenttheirlifetimesbuilding.Thiswastrulyaonce-in-a-lifetimeeconomicnightmare.Eventsnoonehadthoughtpossiblewerehappeninginquicksuccession,andpeopleallovertheglobewereterrifiedthatthecontinuingdownwardspiralwouldbringunprecedentedchaos.AlleyesturnedtotheUnitedStatesTreasurySecretarytoavertthedisaster.This,then,isHankPaulson'sfirst-personaccount.Fromthemanwhowasintheverymiddleofthisperfecteconomicstorm,ONTHEBRINKisPaulson'sfast-pacedretellingofthekeydecisionsthathadtobemadewithlightningspeed.Paulsonputsthereaderintheroomforalltheintensemomentsasheaddressedurgentmarketconditions,weighedcriticaldecisions,anddebatedpolicyandeconomicconsiderationswithofallthenotableplayers-includingtheCEOsoftopWallStreetfirmsaswellasBenBernanke,TimothyGeithner,SheilaBair,NancyPelosi,BarneyFrank,presidentialcandidatesBarackObamaandJohnMcCain,andthen-PresidentGeorgeW.Bush.Morethananaccountaboutnumbersandcreditrisksgonebad,ONTHEBRINKisanextraordinarystoryaboutpeopleandpolitics-allbroughttogetherduringtheworld'simpendingfinancialArmageddon.

作者简介

HenryM.Paulson,Jr.servedunderPresidentGeorgeW.Bushasthe74thSecretaryoftheTreasuryfromJune2006untilJanuary2009.BeforecomingtoTreasury,PaulsonwasChairmanandChiefExecutiveOfficerofGoldmanSachsfromthetimeofthefirm'sinitialpublicofferingin1999.HejoinedGoldmanSachsChicagoOfficein1974androsethroughtheranksholdingseveralpositionsincluding,ManagingPartnerofthefirm'sChicagooffice,Co-headofthefirm'sinvestmentBankingDivision,PresidentandChiefOperatingOfficer,andCo-Seniorpartner.PriortojoiningGoldmanSachs,PaulsonwasamemberoftheWhiteHouseDomesticCouncil,servingasStaffAssistanttothePresidentfrom1972to1973,andasStaffAssistanttotheAssistantSecretaryofDefenseatthePentagonfrom1970to1972.PaulsongraduatedfromDartmouthin1968,wherehemajoredinEnglish,wasamemberofPhiBetaKappa,andanAllIvy,AllEastfootballplayer.HereceivedanM.B.A.fromHarvardin1970.

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