Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
Format: kindle
ASIN: B003XQEVUI
Pages no: 626
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
American,
Business,
Economics,
Journalism,
Politics,
Contemporary,
Horror,
United States
Blow by blow account of the 2008 crisis/bailout. Strong on personality, rather than analysis.
http://totallyuninspiredblogger.blogspot.com/2011/02/too-big-to-fail.html
Finished -- I imagine this book would be a tough read, since it's pages literally crawl with minor characters -- bankers, minions of the armies of the night... but it makes a good listen -- Paulson comes off much better than Bernanke or Geithner -- and the author tries (against Taibi) to rehabilitat...