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An engaging exploration of modern-day deals and deal-making.
Gods at War details the recent deals and events that have forever changed the world of billion-dollar deal-making. This audiobook is a whirlwind tour of the players determining the destiny of corporate America, including the government, private equity, strategic buyers, hedge funds, and sovereign wealth funds.
It not only examines many of the game-changing takeover events that have occurred in the past years, but also puts them into context and exposes what is really going on behind the scenes on Wall Street. Gods at War completely covers the strategic issues that guide the modern-day deal, and since they unfold under the shadow of the law, it also focuses on the legal aspects of deal-making and takeovers.
- Each chapter unfolds through the lens of a recent transaction, from the battle between Yahoo! and Microsoft to the United Rental/Cerberus dispute
- Provides in-depth explanations and analysis of the events and actors that have shaped this fast-moving field
- Examines the federal government's regulation by deal approach to saving the financial system and explains the government's biggest "deals", including its bailouts of AIG, Bank of America, and Citigroup
Filled with in-depth insights that will enhance your understanding of this field, Gods at War offers an engaging look at deals and deal-makers in the context of recent historical events. It's an audiobook for those who want to understand deals, takeovers, and the people and institutions who shape our world.
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- Anonymous User
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Enjoy the Book but the recording repeats
I really enjoy learning about all of this. It is well written and helpful for someone learning buyouts.
However, I was extremely thrown off when the chapters started repeating. I thought I was hearing things and spent a long time updating my app, turning my phone off and on, and looking for other reviews. However, it’s just lazy work on Amazon or whoever uploaded the book. Every chapter is off and chapter 5 repeats twice.
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- Bill Snider
- 10-09-22
this is an M&A legal textbook not a story
this book is too technical to enjoy for a lay person. clearly written by an M&A lawyer with a lot of knowledge of the legal docs but not entertaining business stories. Title doesn't fit.
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- Daniel Marks
- 10-13-21
I enjoyed
Really enjoyed listing to this book. It is very in depth and educational. It is academic so might not be for everyone. But I really enjoyed.
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Built around a full-length case study of Wal-Mart, Financial Modeling and Valuation shows you how to perform an in-depth analysis of that company's financial standing, walking you through all the steps of developing a sophisticated financial model as done by professional Wall Street analysts. Step-by-step, you will construct a full scale financial model and valuation. When we ran this analysis in January of 2012, we estimated the stock was undervalued. Since the first run of the analysis, the stock has increased 35 percent.
By: Paul Pignataro
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Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- By: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 607
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 529
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Story5 out of 5 stars 529
A number-one New York Times best seller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, it includes a new afterword by the authors that brings this remarkable story of greed and double-dealings up to date 20 years after the famed deal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simply magnificent
- By Sinead O'Rourke on 08-14-21
By: Bryan Burrough, and others
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The Caesars Palace Coup
- How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street
- By: Max Frumes, Sujeet Indap
- Narrated by: Chris Kipiniak
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 293
It was the most brutal corporate restructuring in Wall Street history. The 2015 bankruptcy brawl for the storied casino giant, Caesars Entertainment, pitted brilliant and ruthless private equity legends against the world's most relentless hedge fund wizards.
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1 out of 5 stars
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HORRIBLE UNREADABLE BOOK.
- By howard bascom on 07-12-21
By: Max Frumes, and others
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The Private Equity Playbook
- Management's Guide to Working with Private Equity
- By: Adam Coffey
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 367
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 314
Private equity firms are on the rise and rapidly changing the game. Today, more than 5,500 PE firms own tens of thousands of companies, so it is essential for CEOs and senior management executives to understand exactly how private equity firms operate. This invaluable resource can help you devise a winning PE game plan for your own company that offers you greater freedom and financial success.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Beyond basic
- By M on 05-15-20
By: Adam Coffey
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Private Equity Laid Bare
- By: Ludovic Phalippou
- Narrated by: Warburg Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Designed for an MBA course on private equity, this textbook (now version 1.7) aims to familiarize any listener with the jargon and mechanics of private equity using simplified examples, real-life situations and results from thorough academic studies. The intention is to have a book that can be listened more like a novel than like a regular textbook.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done
- By atheze on 06-02-19
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Wall Street
- A History, Updated Edition
- By: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4 out of 5 stars 106
Wall Street is an unending source of legend - and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself - from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant - and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Many books in one; best linking of stories, eras
- By Philo on 03-23-14
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Battle for the Soul of Capitalism
- By: John C. Bogle
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
There is no one better qualified to tell us about the failures of the American financial system and the grotesque abuses that have taken place in recent years than John C. Bogle, founder and former chief executive of the Vanguard mutual-fund group. This legendary mutual-fund pioneer has witnessed firsthand the innermost workings of the financial industry for more than 50 years and has set the standards for sound investment strategies and stewardship.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Do You Own a Mutual Fund?
- By M. Kettell on 02-02-08
By: John C. Bogle
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The Bankers' New Clothes
- By: Anat Admat, Martin Hellwig
- Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
What is wrong with today's banking system? The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. The Bankers' New Clothes examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack of reform, exposing them as invalid.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Connecting many dots, but urges a particular view
- By Philo on 05-17-13
By: Anat Admat, and others
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Predator Nation
- Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
- By: Charles H. Ferguson
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
Charles H. Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job, now explains how a predator elite took over the country, step by step, and he exposes the networks of academic, financial, and political influence, in all recent administrations, that prepared the predators' path to conquest. Over the last several decades, the United States has undergone one of the most radical social and economic transformations in its history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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J'accuse!!!
- By Nelson Alexander on 07-25-12
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The Fed Unbound
- Central Banking in a Time of Crisis
- By: Lev Menand
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
It is a bedrock principle of the US Constitution that Congress, as representatives of the people, sets economic policy and directs government resources. This all changed 13 years ago, and even more dramatically during the pandemic. The Federal Reserve operates independently from the rest of the government, and can create as much money as it sees fit and use it without the prior approval of Congress, the courts, or the President.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read for people wanting to understand how the financial system works
- By Matthew Haddad on 07-17-22
By: Lev Menand
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13 Bankers
- The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
- By: Simon Johnson, James Kwak
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 102
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks, which together control assets amounting to more than 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product, these financial institutions (now more emphatically "too big to fail") continue to hold the global economy hostage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Understand and Comprehend
- By Kyle on 04-11-10
By: Simon Johnson, and others
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Wall Street
- A History, Updated Edition
- By: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 119
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4 out of 5 stars 106
Wall Street is an unending source of legend - and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself - from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant - and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Many books in one; best linking of stories, eras
- By Philo on 03-23-14
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Battle for the Soul of Capitalism
- By: John C. Bogle
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
There is no one better qualified to tell us about the failures of the American financial system and the grotesque abuses that have taken place in recent years than John C. Bogle, founder and former chief executive of the Vanguard mutual-fund group. This legendary mutual-fund pioneer has witnessed firsthand the innermost workings of the financial industry for more than 50 years and has set the standards for sound investment strategies and stewardship.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Do You Own a Mutual Fund?
- By M. Kettell on 02-02-08
By: John C. Bogle
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The Bankers' New Clothes
- By: Anat Admat, Martin Hellwig
- Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
What is wrong with today's banking system? The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however, that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. The Bankers' New Clothes examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers, politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack of reform, exposing them as invalid.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Connecting many dots, but urges a particular view
- By Philo on 05-17-13
By: Anat Admat, and others
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Predator Nation
- Corporate Criminals, Political Corruption, and the Hijacking of America
- By: Charles H. Ferguson
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 254
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 220
Charles H. Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job, now explains how a predator elite took over the country, step by step, and he exposes the networks of academic, financial, and political influence, in all recent administrations, that prepared the predators' path to conquest. Over the last several decades, the United States has undergone one of the most radical social and economic transformations in its history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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J'accuse!!!
- By Nelson Alexander on 07-25-12
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The Fed Unbound
- Central Banking in a Time of Crisis
- By: Lev Menand
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
It is a bedrock principle of the US Constitution that Congress, as representatives of the people, sets economic policy and directs government resources. This all changed 13 years ago, and even more dramatically during the pandemic. The Federal Reserve operates independently from the rest of the government, and can create as much money as it sees fit and use it without the prior approval of Congress, the courts, or the President.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must read for people wanting to understand how the financial system works
- By Matthew Haddad on 07-17-22
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13 Bankers
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- By: Simon Johnson, James Kwak
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 102
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks, which together control assets amounting to more than 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product, these financial institutions (now more emphatically "too big to fail") continue to hold the global economy hostage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Understand and Comprehend
- By Kyle on 04-11-10
By: Simon Johnson, and others
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Naked, Short and Greedy
- Wall Street's Failure to Deliver
- By: Susanne Trimbath
- Narrated by: Dr. Susanne Trimbath
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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