{"product_id":"belly-up-paperback-1","title":"Belly Up - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhillip L. Zweig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo economist could have predicted that the Penn Square Bank, a small, obscure lender in an Oklahoma shopping mall, would become the instigator of a financial charade that would see billions of dollars in loans made on the basis of imaginary oil and natural gas reserves--just as a worldwide oil glut and the repeal of regulatory gas laws were about to pull the rug from under the Oklahoma energy boom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBelly Up\u003c\/i\u003e tells this amazing true story with brilliant reporting, delicious detail, and an unbelievable yet all-too-real cast of characters, from the young geologist who convinced banks to invest \u003ci\u003elots\u003c\/i\u003e of money in a huge new source of natural gas to the banker who became notorious for lending money to every con artist and wildcatter with a lease, a rig, and a dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBelly Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eBelly Up\u003c\/i\u003e merits a slot on any investor's literary shelf as surely as it does a Pulitzer Prize \"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Investigative reporting at its best.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133795602567,"sku":"9780449902059","price":31.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e81e929fb8965f06eec5ccb518ec182b.webp?v=1732636653","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/belly-up-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}