■ The Big Idea
The high-profile implosions of Americas top corporations like Enron, and the questionable accounting methods of Arthur Andersen, forces investors to become wary of a companys ethical standards, and creates a need for clear warning signals and information to be able to protect oneself. Digging deep into the footnotes of annual reports, and searching for the true story of what really went on with those inflated numbers, this book educates the investor in the complicated game of deception played by the inner circle of this giant. The bigger they are, the harder they fall indeed.

■ About the Author
Paul Jorion - Paul Jorion, Ph.D., has been a professor at Cambridge University and Paris University and a regents’ lecturer at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Jorion also has more than a decade of experience in the financial arena, working as a trader of derivatives and most recently as a Risk Modeling expert in Well’s Fargo Consumer Credit Group.