{"product_id":"monster-9780312610531","title":"Monster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Magnificently and heartbreakingly told. . . .  Hudson] shows vividly that really filthy, face-to-face fraud and hard-sell bullying . . . brought the economy down around our ears.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this page-turning, true-crime expose, award-winning reporter Michael W. Hudson reveals the story of the rise and fall of the biggest subprime lender and Wall Street's biggest patron of subprime: Ameriquest and Lehman Brothers. They did more than any other institutions to produce the biggest financial scandal in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a tale populated by a remarkable cast of characters: a shadowy billionaire who created the subprime industry out of the ashes of the 1980s S\u0026amp;L scandal; insatiable Wall Street executives; ensnared home owners; investigators who tried to expose the fraud; politicians who turned a blind eye; and, most of all, the drug-snorting, high-living salesman who tell all about the money they made, the lies they told, the deals they closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative and gripping, \u003ci\u003eThe Monster\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing look at the bottom-feeding fraud and top-down greed that fueled the financial collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312610531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Michael W. Hudson, Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635928887452,"sku":"9780312610531","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0a13ed0d-8aa7-4910-b7a4-94e6f0753bda.jpg?v=1603840920","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monster-9780312610531","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}