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The big short : inside the doomsday machine
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- ISBN: 0393072231 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780393072235 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
xviii, 266 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.
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| Subject: | United States Economic conditions 2001-2009 Financial crises United States History 21st century Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 |
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- 1 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | 330.973 L675b 2010 (Text) | 33126016074860 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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