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Great Review of the Financial Side of the Meltdown - [11 Nov 2009]
The author traces the beginnings of the maelstrom at JP Morgan through the ranks of the other "players" and onward to the near collapse of the financial systems in multiple countries. It's a classic story of taking a good idea and mixing with with some...
"players" and onward to the near collapse of the financial systems in multiple countries...
www.amazon.com/review/RKWF95XC7...
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Good overview of Financial Crisis - [09 Nov 2009]
The author did a good job demystifying some complex financial issues in order to explain the financial crisis. She also managed to turn this into a good story instead of a brain-dump of various facts and figures. I have only two gripes with the book. ...
financial crisis. She also managed to turn this into a good story instead of a brain-dump...
www.amazon.com/review/R2WXBF35X...
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excellent book - [14 Oct 2009]
This woman has written an excellent book. Takes you inside the banking industry since the 1980's when the creative group at JP Morgan met down in Boca Raton, FL to "brainstorm" on new financial products. I skipped way ahead to page 167 to get right into...
1980's when the creative group at JP Morgan met down in Boca Raton, FL to "brainstorm" on new...
www.amazon.com/review/REFFZJMV7...
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An engaging and informative read - [27 Sep 2009]
I was expecting this kind of books usually is a bit more dry or technical to read through. But the author did a good job making the book interesting enough to keep me reading to the end. The book is informative enough but not too boring nor too technical...
But the author did a good job making the book interesting enough to keep me reading to the...
www.amazon.com/review/R2HPHG3KNQQ...
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Never received book - [12 Sep 2009]
I have never received this book. Now looking at the number of people who are complaining about not getting their order from Deb's Florida Books and getting no results from their communications, I am considering gathering all the names of those who have...
not getting their order from Deb's Florida Books and getting no results from their communic...
www.amazon.com/review/R1JL5C0H9...
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what you Ought to Know - [12 Sep 2009]
Excellent insider description of the various errors in judgment and oversights that led up to the financial crisis. It's fairly technical, but well worth the effort to pursue the details and understand why we're here. Well written.
to the financial crisis. It's fairly technical, but well worth the effort to pursue the details...
www.amazon.com/review/RON8ZPF29...
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A timely, readable account of the rise and fall of financial WMD - [11 Sep 2009]
The centerpiece of the great financial crash that we just went through was the rise and fall of esoteric, difficult to understand credit derivatives and the shadow banking system. Gillian Tett, a British journalist, has given us an extremely readable ...
of esoteric, difficult to understand credit derivatives and the shadow banking system. Gillian...
www.amazon.com/review/R2F1CBACF...
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beware - [11 Sep 2009]
obviously an EXTREMELY POOR,NEGLIGENT, DEFICIENT PROVIDER/ordered a book in AUGUST[ AUGUST 9TH] AND AS OF MID SEPTEMBER HAVE yet to receive it despite TWO UNRESPONSIVE E-MAIL REQUESTS/ACCORDINGLY!! YOU HAVE BEEN DULY WARNED!
9TH] AND AS OF MID SEPTEMBER HAVE yet to receive it despite TWO UNRESPONSIVE E-MAIL REQUESTS...
www.amazon.com/review/R2HSZDN87...
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Flawed critique of capitalism's crimes - [20 Jul 2009]
Gillian Tett, a Financial Times journalist, shows how a group of JPMorgan Chase bankers wrecked the financial system and plunged the world into depression. Typically, they deny all responsibility, echoed by Tett, who sees the disaster as the result, not...
the financial system and plunged the world into depression. Typically, they deny all ...
www.amazon.com/review/R18ZBL7U5...
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The Type of Book You Can't Put Down - [20 Jul 2009]
Of the recent chronicles of our ongoing financial collapse, this is one of the finest. I'll leave the theoretical hairsplitting to our financial clergy, but for us laity, it's a fast-paced page-turner. It's the type of book you can't put down, but by ...
leave the theoretical hairsplitting to our financial clergy, but for us laity, it's a fast...
www.amazon.com/review/RZQJZRS74...
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