50 Books like Reckless Endangerment

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Bailout Nation 99%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

The Sellout

by Charles Gasparino • 2009

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

3.92

302

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

The Sellout 98%

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

by Charles Gasparino 2009

3.92

302 ratings

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

The End of Wall Street

by Roger Lowenstein • 2010

Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.

3.91

2k+

🏦 Financial Crises 🏢 Wall Street 🏠 Housing Bubble 🔗 Systemic Risk 🧿 Moral Hazard

The End of Wall Street 98%

Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.

by Roger Lowenstein 2010

3.91

2k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏢 Wall Street 🏠 Housing Bubble 🔗 Systemic Risk 🧿 Moral Hazard

Griftopia

by Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

4.16

10k+

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Griftopia 98%

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

by Matt Taibbi 2010

4.16

10k+ ratings

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

The Big Short

by Michael Lewis • 2010

Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.

4.30

172k+

🏦 Financial Crises 🏠 Housing Bubble 💰 Wall Street 📰 Narrative Journalism 📉 Short Selling

The Big Short 97%

Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.

by Michael Lewis 2010

4.30

172k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏠 Housing Bubble 💰 Wall Street 📰 Narrative Journalism 📉 Short Selling

After the Music Stopped

by Alan S. Blinder • 2013

Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.

4.12

2k+

📉 Financial Crises 📚 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles ⚖️ Leverage And Risk 🦊 Regulatory Capture

After the Music Stopped 97%

Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.

by Alan S. Blinder 2013

4.12

2k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 📚 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles ⚖️ Leverage And Risk 🦊 Regulatory Capture

It Takes a Pillage

by Nomi Prins • 2009

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

3.96

195

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

It Takes a Pillage 97%

Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.

by Nomi Prins 2009

3.96

195 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 💰 Government Bailouts 🏢 Too Big To Fail 🚪 Revolving Door 📊 Financial Derivatives

Bull by the Horns

by Sheila Bair • 2012

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

3.91

494

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

Bull by the Horns 97%

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

by Sheila Bair 2012

3.91

494 ratings

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

Confidence Game

by Christine S. Richard • 2010

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

4.14

927

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Confidence Game 97%

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

by Christine S. Richard 2010

4.14

927 ratings

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Predator Nation

by Charles Ferguson • 2012

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

4.11

491

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Predator Nation 97%

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

by Charles Ferguson 2012

4.11

491 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Firefighting

by Ben S. Bernanke • 2019

Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.

3.83

978

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⛓️ Systemic Risk 🐘 Too Big To Fail 📉 The Great Recession

Firefighting 97%

Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.

by Ben S. Bernanke 2019

3.83

978 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⛓️ Systemic Risk 🐘 Too Big To Fail 📉 The Great Recession

House of Cards

by William D. Cohan • 2009

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

3.94

7k+

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

House of Cards 96%

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

by William D. Cohan 2009

3.94

7k+ ratings

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

Crisis Economics

by Nouriel Roubini • 2010

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

3.84

3k+

💥 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💸 Debt And Leverage 🫧 Market Bubbles

Crisis Economics 96%

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

by Nouriel Roubini 2010

3.84

3k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💸 Debt And Leverage 🫧 Market Bubbles

The Bankers' New Clothes

by Anat Admati • 2013

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

3.83

776

🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

The Bankers' New Clothes 96%

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

by Anat Admati 2013

3.83

776 ratings

🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

Swimming With Sharks

by Joris Luyendijk • 2015

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

3.84

7k+

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Swimming With Sharks 96%

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

by Joris Luyendijk 2015

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Exile on Wall Street

by Mike Mayo • 2011

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

3.69

260

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

Exile on Wall Street 96%

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

by Mike Mayo 2011

3.69

260 ratings

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

The Lost Bank

by Kirsten Grind • 2012

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

4.12

1k+

🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

The Lost Bank 96%

A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.

by Kirsten Grind 2012

4.12

1k+ ratings

🏦 Banking History 💥 Financial Crises 💸 Subprime Lending ☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture ⚖️ Regulatory Failure

Stress Test

by Timothy F. Geithner • 2014

An insider on why rescuing the economy costs the country politically, and why it's still necessary.

4.08

5k+

📉 Financial Crises 🚒 Crisis Management 💰 Government Bailouts ⚖️ Moral Hazard 🏦 Too Big To Fail

Stress Test 96%

An insider on why rescuing the economy costs the country politically, and why it's still necessary.

by Timothy F. Geithner 2014

4.08

5k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🚒 Crisis Management 💰 Government Bailouts ⚖️ Moral Hazard 🏦 Too Big To Fail

Other People's Money

by John Kay • 2015

Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.

3.92

1k+

🏦 Financial Systems 📈 Financialization ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🎲 Moral Hazard

Other People's Money 96%

Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.

by John Kay 2015

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Systems 📈 Financialization ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🎲 Moral Hazard

Meltdown

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

4.08

2k+

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Meltdown 96%

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

by Lawrence G. McDonald • 2009

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

3.91

3k+

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense 96%

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

A Demon of Our Own Design

by Richard Bookstaber • 2007

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

3.92

1k+

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

A Demon of Our Own Design 96%

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

by Richard Bookstaber 2007

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

This Time Is Different

by Carmen M. Reinhart • 2009

Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.

3.76

7k+

💥 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Financial History 💸 Debt And Leverage 🔄 Boom And Bust Cycles

This Time Is Different 95%

Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.

by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009

3.76

7k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Financial History 💸 Debt And Leverage 🔄 Boom And Bust Cycles

Freefall

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2010

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

3.88

4k+

📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Freefall 95%

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010

3.88

4k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets

by George Soros • 2008

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

3.42

2k+

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability ⛓️ Laissez-Faire Critique 📋 Financial Regulation

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets 95%

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

by George Soros 2008

3.42

2k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability ⛓️ Laissez-Faire Critique 📋 Financial Regulation

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

by William K. Black • 1995

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

4.06

185

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One 95%

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

by William K. Black 1995

4.06

185 ratings

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

The Go-Go Years

by John Brooks • 1973

The 1960s market repeated 1929's excess and its crash. Two improbable men improvised a rescue.

3.82

305

🏛️ Financial History 🏢 Wall Street Culture 🫧 Market Bubbles 📉 Market Panics 📊 Creative Accounting

The Go-Go Years 95%

The 1960s market repeated 1929's excess and its crash. Two improbable men improvised a rescue.

by John Brooks 1973

3.82

305 ratings

🏛️ Financial History 🏢 Wall Street Culture 🫧 Market Bubbles 📉 Market Panics 📊 Creative Accounting

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

by Ben S. Bernanke • 2013

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

4.16

451

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis Summary

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis 95%

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

by Ben S. Bernanke 2013

4.16

451 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

Bull

by Maggie Mahar • 2003

The 1982-2000 boom was a psychological epidemic, not a market miracle. Every institution caught it.

4.06

788

🏛️ Financial History 🔄 Market Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📊 Corporate Fraud 🫧 Financial Bubbles

Bull 95%

The 1982-2000 boom was a psychological epidemic, not a market miracle. Every institution caught it.

by Maggie Mahar 2003

4.06

788 ratings

🏛️ Financial History 🔄 Market Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📊 Corporate Fraud 🫧 Financial Bubbles

The Greatest Trade Ever

by Gregory Zuckerman • 2009

Wall Street's most profitable trade was betting on its collapse. The man who saw it coming.

4.07

8k+

🏠 Housing Bubble 📉 Financial Crisis 🔮 Contrarian Investing 💼 Hedge Fund Stories 🏢 Wall Street Narrative

The Greatest Trade Ever 95%

Wall Street's most profitable trade was betting on its collapse. The man who saw it coming.

by Gregory Zuckerman 2009

4.07

8k+ ratings

🏠 Housing Bubble 📉 Financial Crisis 🔮 Contrarian Investing 💼 Hedge Fund Stories 🏢 Wall Street Narrative

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

by Daniel Reingold • 2006

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

3.88

1k+

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst 95%

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

by Daniel Reingold 2006

3.88

1k+ ratings

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Too Big to Fail

by Gary H. Stern • 2004

Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.

3.60

🏦 Banking Regulation 📉 Financial Crises ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🔗 Systemic Risk 💰 Bank Bailouts

Too Big to Fail 95%

Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.

by Gary H. Stern 2004

3.60

25 ratings

🏦 Banking Regulation 📉 Financial Crises ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🔗 Systemic Risk 💰 Bank Bailouts

The Spider Network

by David Enrich • 2017

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

4.07

7k+

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

The Spider Network 95%

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

by David Enrich 2017

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

Pound Foolish

by Helaine Olen • 2012

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

3.67

2k+

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

Pound Foolish 95%

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

by Helaine Olen 2012

3.67

2k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

Broke, USA

by Gary Rivlin • 2010

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

3.71

1k+

🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion 🏠 Subprime Crisis 🔄 Debt Cycles

Broke, USA 95%

How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.

by Gary Rivlin 2010

3.71

1k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Lending 🏚️ Poverty Economics 🚪 Financial Exclusion 🏠 Subprime Crisis 🔄 Debt Cycles

When Genius Failed

by Roger Lowenstein • 2000

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

4.20

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🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

When Genius Failed 95%

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

by Roger Lowenstein 2000

4.20

32k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Model Risk ⛓️ Systemic Risk

All the Presidents' Bankers

by Nomi Prins • 2014

A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.

4.07

539

🏦 Banking History 💰 Political Economy 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Financial Crises 🗽 American Empire

All the Presidents' Bankers 95%

A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.

by Nomi Prins 2014

4.07

539 ratings

🏦 Banking History 💰 Political Economy 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Financial Crises 🗽 American Empire

The Great Crash 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith • 1955

Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.

3.92

6k+

📜 Financial History 📉 Stock Market Crashes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧠 Market Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Economics

The Great Crash 1929 95%

Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.

by John Kenneth Galbraith 1955

3.92

6k+ ratings

📜 Financial History 📉 Stock Market Crashes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧠 Market Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Economics

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

by Paul Krugman • 2008

2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.

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🚨 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance 🏦 Shadow Banking 💰 Monetary Policy ⚖️ Financial Regulation

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 95%

2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.

by Paul Krugman 2008

3.83

9k+ ratings

🚨 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance 🏦 Shadow Banking 💰 Monetary Policy ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Boomerang

by Michael Lewis • 2011

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

3.90

48k+

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism 🎭 Cultural Economics 💸 Sovereign Debt

Boomerang 95%

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

by Michael Lewis 2011

3.90

48k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism 🎭 Cultural Economics 💸 Sovereign Debt

Aftermath

by Rickards James • 2019

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

4.09

676

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

Aftermath 95%

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

by Rickards James 2019

4.09

676 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

What Went Wrong with Capitalism

by Ruchir Sharma • 2024

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

3.84

733

🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

What Went Wrong with Capitalism 95%

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

by Ruchir Sharma 2024

3.84

733 ratings

🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

Business Adventures

by John Brooks • 1969

A $350 million flop, a market panic, and ten other disasters Wall Street keeps repeating.

3.81

25k+

🏢 Corporate Case Studies 📈 Financial History 🏦 Wall Street 📉 Market Panics 💥 Corporate Hubris

Business Adventures 94%

A $350 million flop, a market panic, and ten other disasters Wall Street keeps repeating.

by John Brooks 1969

3.81

25k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Case Studies 📈 Financial History 🏦 Wall Street 📉 Market Panics 💥 Corporate Hubris

The New Lombard Street

by Perry G. Mehrling • 2010

The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.

4.26

274

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🔧 Financial Plumbing 🔄 Credit Cycles 🕶️ Shadow Banking

The New Lombard Street 94%

The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.

by Perry G. Mehrling 2010

4.26

274 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🔧 Financial Plumbing 🔄 Credit Cycles 🕶️ Shadow Banking

Crashed

by Adam Tooze • 2018

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

4.29

4k+

💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy ✂️ Austerity Politics 🌍 Geopolitics

Crashed 94%

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

by Adam Tooze 2018

4.29

4k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy ✂️ Austerity Politics 🌍 Geopolitics

Hall of Mirrors

by Barry Eichengreen • 2014

History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.

4.01

296

📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 💵 Monetary Policy 🏦 Central Banking 🔄 Historical Parallels

Hall of Mirrors 94%

History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.

by Barry Eichengreen 2014

4.01

296 ratings

📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 💵 Monetary Policy 🏦 Central Banking 🔄 Historical Parallels

How the Other Half Banks

by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

4.09

626

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy 🎣 Predatory Lending 🚫 Financial Exclusion

How the Other Half Banks 94%

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015

4.09

626 ratings

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy 🎣 Predatory Lending 🚫 Financial Exclusion

The Caesars Palace Coup

by Max Frumes • 2021

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

4.05

4k+

🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance 🕵️ Financial Investigations 🏚️ Corporate Collapses

The Caesars Palace Coup 94%

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

by Max Frumes 2021

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance 🕵️ Financial Investigations 🏚️ Corporate Collapses

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387

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4.34

387 ratings

🏦 Financialization 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Debt Cycles 💰 Rent Extraction ✂️ Austerity Critique

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Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

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Bad Company 94%

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

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4.03

5k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 📉 Economic Inequality ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

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