House of Cards

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51N35220090224?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=10112

"The evidence is overwhelming: This was a series of conscious decisions about what kind of firms they wanted to be, decisions made without consideration for their ramifications," said William Cohan, a former investment banker who has written "House of Cards," a soon-to-be published book about the credit crisis.