Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System–and Themselves

Too Big to Fail — The New York Times bestseller by Andrew Ross Sorkin, award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook — is the definitive account of the 2008 global financial crisis.

With exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to Wall Street and Washington’s key figures, Sorkin delivers a gripping, real-time narrative of the events that brought the world economy to the brink. Blending drama, ego, greed, and survival, he reveals how powerful leaders shaped the outcome of an unprecedented collapse.

Now an HBO film, this updated edition includes a new afterword reflecting on the crisis’s tenth anniversary.