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.