Great Britain slipped into recession again this week. Its worth another view of how close we came to economic collapse: [youtube width="512" height="288"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVV6dzDOgQ0[/youtube] The HBO movie was good. The book was so much better….and rather shocking.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System–and Themselves is clearly my favorite (for all the wrong reasons — you know economy on the brink of collapse) book in … Continue reading →
A financial crisis is a terrible thing to waste. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson faced the largest crisis in our country’s modern history with a great opportunity. His first hand account of the near collapse of our financial economy is detailed … Continue reading →
After ripping through Too Big to Fail it seems natural to continue understanding the collapse of Bear Stearns with House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street to get a bit under the hood of … Continue reading →
I humbly believe Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System–and Themselves is not only a great read and one of the best books written about … Continue reading →