Roger Lowenstein

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1) The end of Wall Street

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The roots of the mortgage bubble, the story of the Wall Street collapse, and the government's unprecedented response are captured in this blow-by-blow account of "the end of Wall Street" by one of our most trusted business journalists.

2) Buffett: the making of an American capitalist

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Lowenstein, Roger

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Since its hardcover publication in August of 1995, Buffett has appeared on the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Newsday and Business Week bestseller lists. The incredible landmark portrait of Warren Buffett's uniquely American life is now available in paperback, revised and updated by the author. Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment, Warren Buffett...

3) Ways and means: Lincoln and his cabinet and the financing of the Civil War

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Lowenstein, Roger

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Penguin Press

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2022.

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"In Ways and Means, journalist Roger Lowenstein reveals the unlikely story of how Abraham Lincoln used the urgency of financing the Civil War to transform a union of states into one united nation. Through a financial lens, he explores how this second American revolution, led by Lincoln, his cabinet, and his congress, changed the direction of the country."--

4) While America aged: how pension debts ruined General Motors, stopped the NYC subways, bankrupted San Diego, and loom as the next financial crisis

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Lowenstein, Roger

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From the bestselling author of "Buffett" and "Origins of the Crash" comes a wake-up call to the pension and retirement crisis facing America and the road map for a way out.

5) America's bank: the epic struggle to create the Federal Reserve

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Lowenstein, Roger

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Penguin Press

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2015.

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Chronicles the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that created the Federal Reserve, tracing the financial panic and widespread distrust of bankers that prompted the landmark 1913 Federal Reserve Act and launched America's first steps onto the world financial stage.