No. of Recommendations: 5
If you found those interesting, there are some others on my blog that are similar that you might like:
Bull By The Horns -- Sheila Bair -- Her take on the 2008 meltdown from her perspective running the FDIC.
https://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2012/10/book-...Wall Street's Ethical / Competitive DNA -- My commentary on aspects of the 2008 bailouts as they were being negotiated that draws upon
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis.
https://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2008/11/wall-...Good Read - The End of the Line -- Barry Lynn -- My review of the book The End of the Line from 2004 that now serves as the earliest and most accurate warning bell over the coming chaos induced by globalization with worldwide supply chains brought to a halt by unexpected events like pandemics.
https://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2006/05/good-...13 Bankers -- Simon Johnson and James Kwak -- My review of their book that explains more about the origins of the 2008 meltdown than any other book by focusing on the problem of regulatory capture that allowed financial institions to pick their own regulators.
https://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-...Too Big To Fail -- Andrew Ross Sorkin -- My review of Sorkin's account of the day to day panic during the crisis among the financial executives and regulators.
https://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-...Financial Markets Running on Empty -- A post from the old Fool from August 2007 describing an EXTREMELY peculiar week in the financial markets that reflected enormous, panicked efforts by the Federal Reserve to cure a liquidity problem with interbank lending that "experts" at the time insisted was nothing to worry about, keep moving, everything's fine. The problems that occured that week turned out to be the first metal on metal contact within the world "financial engine" as traders began sniffing out financial entities whose books appeared far riskier than claimed.
https://watchingtheherd.blogspot.com/2007/08/finan...WTH
