| Mason's School of Management Alumni Chapter presents a special talk and book signing.
A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America’s financial history by an acclaimed New York Times reporter
Too Big to Fail The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Tuesday, November 10 at 7 p.m. Johnson Center Cinema Doors open at 6:45 p.m. REGISTRATION IS FREE BUT REQUIRED - REGISTER HERE
The George Mason SOM Alumni Chapter (SOMAC) is proud to present New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, a leading voice about Wall Street and corporate America. TOO BIG TO FAIL, to be published on October 20, delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. TOO BIG TO FAIL traces the arc of the crisis, revealing never-before disclosed details about clandestine merger talks and government intervention efforts that may fundamentally reshape the nation’s view of what actually happened. With unparalleled access to the players involved, Sorkin takes readers inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers, to secret meetings in South Korea, and down the corridors of power in Washington.
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the award-winning chief mergers and acquisitions reporter, a columnist and assistant editor of business and finance news at The New York Times. He is also the editor and founder of DealBook, an online daily financial report. Sorkin has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Talk of the Nation and is afrequent guest host of Squawk Box. Sorkin has won a Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honor in business journalism, and a Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award. In 2007, the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader. In 2008, Vanity Fair named Sorkin to its “Next Establishment” list. |