Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue

A revealing look at Wall Street, the financial media, andfinancial regulators by David Einhorn, the President of GreenlightCapital

Could 2008's credit crisis have been minimized or even avoided?In 2002, David Einhorn-one of the country's top investors-was askedat a charity investment conference to share his best investmentadvice. Short sell Allied Capital. At the time, Allied was a leaderin the private financing industry. Einhorn claimed Allied was usingquestionable accounting practices to prop itself up. Soundfamiliar? At the time of the original version of Fooling Some ofthe People All of the Time: A Long Short Story the outcome ofhis advice was unknown. Now, the story is complete and we knowEinhorn was right. In 2008, Einhorn advised the same conference toshort sell Lehman Brothers. And had the market been more open tohis warnings, yes, the market meltdown might have been avoided, orat least minimized.

• Details the gripping battle between Allied Capital andEinhorn's Greenlight Capital
• Illuminates how questionable company practices are maintainedand, at times, even protected by Wall Street
• Describes the failings of investment banks, analysts,journalists, and government regulators
• Describes how many parts of the Allied Capital story werereplayed in the debate over Lehman Brothers

Fooling Some of the People All of the Time is animportant call for effective government regulation, free speech,and fair play.

This book title, Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue, ISBN: 9780470481547, by David Einhorn, Joel Greenblatt, published by Wiley (December 7, 2010) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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