{"product_id":"the-predators-ball-the-inside-story-of-drexel-burnham-and-the-rise-of-the-junk-bond-raiders-9781982144265","title":"The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Connie Bruck traces the rise of this empire with vivid metaphors and with a smooth command of high finance's terminology.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Predators' Ball \u003c\/i\u003eis dirty dancing downtown.\" --New York \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling author Connie Bruck, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Predators' Ball \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003edramatically captures American business history in the making, uncovering the philosophy of greed that dominated Wall Street in the 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He invented such things as \"the highly confident letter\" (\"I'm highly confident that I can raise the money you need to buy company X\") and the \"blind pool\" (\"Here's a billion dollars: let us help you buy a company\"), and he financed the biggest corporate raiders--men like Carl Icahn and Ronald Perelman. And then, on September 7, 1988, things changed... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Securities and Exchange Commission charged Milken and Drexel Burnham Lambert with insider trading and stock fraud. Waiting in the wings was the US District Attorney, who wanted to file criminal and racketeering charges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat motivated Milken in his drive for power and money? Did Drexel Burnham Lambert condone the breaking of laws?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConnie Bruck\u003c\/b\u003e has been a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003esince 1989 where she writes about business and politics. Her pieces have won multiple awards for reporting and journalism. Her stories have also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of three books: \u003ci\u003eMaster of the Game, The Predators' Ball, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e When Hollywood Had a King\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627780313362,"sku":"9781982144265","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_83fb62a1-0aaf-48b6-b8b8-b209bc6fbe0b.jpg?v=1737266953","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-predators-ball-the-inside-story-of-drexel-burnham-and-the-rise-of-the-junk-bond-raiders-9781982144265","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}