Funny Money: a True Chronicle of Penn Square Bank'S Spectacular Failure in the 1

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ISBN-10: 0618197273 isbn: 0618197273 Edition: Reprint Publisher: Mariner Books Print length: 240 pages ISBN-13: 978-0618197279 Item Weight: 8.6 ounces Publication date: June 17, 2004 Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.56 x 8.25 inches

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Funny Money: a True Chronicle of Penn Square Bank'S Spectacular Failure in the 1. From esteemed New Yorker writer Mark Singer comes this cautionary tale of the Penn Square Bank, the oil and gas broker in an Oklahoma City shopping mall whose collapse in 1982 staggered America’s banking industry. Recounting the whole spectacular story and its colorful characters, Singer makes brilliantly (and hilariously) clear what actually happened and why it had to happen in boom-time Oklahoma. Nowhere else did money flow in quite the same spontaneous fashion. “[A] tale of wonderful verve” (New York Times), Funny Money comes to life through Singer's vivid prose and continues to resonate in today's culture of corporate corruption.