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Author:
Goodman, Leah McGrath.
Title:
The asylum : the truth about the renegades who stole the world's oil market / Leah McGrath Goodman.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
William Morrow,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xvii, 398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
New York Mercantile Exchange (N.Y.)--History.
Stockbrokers--United States.
Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.
Petroleum products--Prices.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Welcome to the asylum -- The boy who would be king -- From wastrels to wildcatters -- Deus ex machina -- The great equalizer -- The rise of Zoltan -- The god complex and other minor foibles -- The futility of the polygraph -- The anatomy of a take down -- Dark days -- The beauty of the "self-regulatory organization" -- Raids, maids, and civil war -- Ages of excess -- Blood for victory -- The man who traded $100 oil -- Meltdown -- Epilogue: the edict of Noah sweat.
ISBN:
0061766275 (alk. paper)
9780061766275 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)610019164
LCCN:
2010016641
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)
HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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