Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded--And What We Need to Do to Remake Them
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| List Price | $23.99 |
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Book Information
| Publisher: | Broadway Books |
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| Publish Date: | 11/30/2009 |
| Pages: | 243 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780307589927 |
| ISBN-10: | 0307589927 |
| Language: | English |
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