Goodman, Leah McGrath.

The asylum : the truth about the renegades who stole the world's oil market / Leah McGrath Goodman. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : William Morrow, c2011. - xvii, 398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Welcome to the asylum -- The boy who would be king -- From wastrels to wildcatters -- Deus ex machina -- The great equalizer -- The rise of Zoltan -- The god complex and other minor foibles -- The futility of the polygraph -- The anatomy of a take down -- Dark days -- The beauty of the "self-regulatory organization" -- Raids, maids, and civil war -- Ages of excess -- Blood for victory -- The man who traded $100 oil -- Meltdown -- Epilogue: the edict of Noah sweat.

9780061766275 (alk. paper)

2010016641


New York Mercantile Exchange (N.Y.)--History.


Stockbrokers--United States.
Petroleum industry and trade--History.--United States
Petroleum products--Prices.

HG6049 / .G66 2011

332.6092/27471