On The Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System

Hank Paulson served as US Treasury Secretary between July 2006 and Jan 2009. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from Harvard. In 2008, Time magazine named Paulson as a runner-up for Person of the Year, saying, with reference to the global financial crisis 'if there is a face to this financial debacle, it is now his.' Opinion will certainly be divided on Paulson, but he was without doubt at the absolute epicentre of the economic storm, and his view will make for absolutely fascinating reading. The book contains all the decisive moments in the economic crisis, including the pivotal meetings with mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as Paulson's first telephone conversations with Senators Sarah Palin and Barack Obama.