Helyar is currently a columnist for Bloomberg News. He is the author of Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball. John Helyar has written for Fortune magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and ESPN. Bryan Burrough was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and is currently a special correspondent at Vanity Fair. Following their discussion, they responded to questions from the audience. The authors compare this era to the current financial crisis facing the United States. Helyar recount the several key players that wished to acquire the company and the lengths they went to in the hopes of securing control during a two-month battle in the fall of 1988. T17:13:07-05:00 Bryan Burrough and John Helyar revisited the corporate takeover of RJR Nabisco and the Wall Street culture of the 1980's in the 20th anniversary of the publication of their book, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.
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