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Journalist and bestselling author roger lowenstein uncovers the root causes and the culmination of the 2008 financial debacle. C ontrol over oil markets, once the province of the majorintegrated oil companies and then opec, may now be shifting into the hands of wall streets ubiquitous investment banks. Since its hardcover publication in august of 1995, buffett has appeared on the wall street journal, new york times. Maybe it was the first 15 minutes of really cheesy dialogue. The end of wall street by roger lowenstein, paperback. Roger lowenstein, who writes the intrinsic value column, was born in new york in 1954 and grew up in the new york city suburbs.
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