On the Brink

Henry M. Paulson, Jr. served under President George W. Bush as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury from June 2006 until January 2009. Before coming to Treasury, Paulson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs since the firm's initial public offering in 1999. He joined Goldman Sachs Chicago Office in 1974 and rose through the ranks holding several positions including, Managing Partner of the firm's Chicago office, Co-head of the firm's investment Banking Division, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Co-Senior partner.Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Paulson was a member of the White House Domestic Council, serving as Staff Assistant to the President from 1972 to 1973, and as Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon from 1970 to 1972.Paulson graduated from Dartmouth in 1968, where he majored in English, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an All Ivy, All East football player. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1970.

出版者:Business Plus

作者:Henry M. Paulson

页数:496

出版时间:2010-2-1

价格:USD 28.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780446561938

图书标签:金融金融危机HenryPaulson传记经济危机Finance保尔森美国

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When Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, was appointed in 2006 to become the nation's next Secretary of the Treasury, he knew that his move from Wall Street to Washington would be daunting and challenging.

But Paulson had no idea that a year later, he would find himself at the very epicenter of the world's most cataclysmic financial crisis since the Great Depression. Major institutions including Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup, among others-all steeped in rich, longstanding tradition-literally teetered at the edge of collapse. Panic ensnared international markets. Worst of all, the credit crisis spread to all parts of the U.S. economy and grew more ominous with each passing day, destroying jobs across America and undermining the financial security millions of families had spent their lifetimes building.

This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime economic nightmare. Events no one had thought possible were happening in quick succession, and people all over the globe were terrified that the continuing downward spiral would bring unprecedented chaos. All eyes turned to the United States Treasury Secretary to avert the disaster.

This, then, is Hank Paulson's first-person account. From the man who was in the very middle of this perfect economic storm, ON THE BRINK is Paulson's fast-paced retelling of the key decisions that had to be made with lightning speed. Paulson puts the reader in the room for all the intense moments as he addressed urgent market conditions, weighed critical decisions, and debated policy and economic considerations with of all the notable players-including the CEOs of top Wall Street firms as well as Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and then-President George W. Bush.

More than an account about numbers and credit risks gone bad, ON THE BRINK is an extraordinary story about people and politics-all brought together during the world's impending financial Armageddon.

读后感

俄罗斯在金融海啸前来到中国 和中国商量 一起 抛售 美国国债 导致美国金融危机！ 但是最终中国没同意！！！ 推荐看看他的书！！！  

看了他全力挽救一家又一家濒临倒闭的大型金融机构（Bears, Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch, AIG, Wachovia, Citi），你就知道什么叫大而不倒。保尔森不无自嘲的说：他作为自由市场的坚定捍卫者，在历史评价上却不得不永远和政府干涉和Bailout联系在一起。 印...  

俄罗斯在金融海啸前来到中国 和中国商量 一起 抛售 美国国债 导致美国金融危机！ 但是最终中国没同意！！！ 推荐看看他的书！！！  

用户评价

#这几本书真是让我对保尔森好感剧增，本身就是对他的职业生涯觉得很感兴趣，开篇读到他对礼宾一头雾水感到十分有趣，这本书把too big to fail的后续也写了出来，而且从局内人的角度，讲了两党间政治磨皮各种无奈，这么大的危机遇上大选，能做到这个地步真是很不容易了。下一步很想看Tim Geithner的版本哈哈

Not as captivating as hoped. long and blandish. maybe useful as for public policy makers. He served for a republican president

He did everything he's supposed to do in that position. I did not see any conspiracy going on during the decision-making process. I cannot feel the tense like I read Too big to fail, too much nagging about the details, but nagging is good to understand how many things need to be considered before reaching an agreement in America

政治这个事，远比纸牌屋表现得复杂。古人就有“善因祸而为福，转败而为功。贵轻重，慎权衡”的说法。虽然在不同时空不同文化下，权衡同样在这本书里展示得淋漓尽致。Hank Paulson从高盛CEO成为财长，在金融危机前后和各处金融机构政府议会人员斡旋，人格魅力和协调能力一览无余。这其中仅有强权是不够的，更需要的是协调各方需求，分析之后果断做出当前最佳选择。之前对作者在危机中不救雷曼略有微词，文字的立体化让这个观念改变不少。

一个奇怪感受，不一定对：“诚恳坦率”会不会是“老奸巨猾”一种高级形式；Hank Paulson这样的人不可能不是人精中的人精老油条，他的每一步所作所为不可能没有算计权衡，只是如此诚恳，且毫不掩饰地展现出来自己的每一个逻辑和动因，的确不由得让人心生钦佩 #见证历史