| 1. |  | The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
from Penguin Press HC, The
Price: $17.61
Customer Review:
Have you ever wondered how banking started? How the South really lost the war? What really happened last year on Wall Street? This book explains the real reason behind nearly every historical event for the past 800 years. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
from W. W. Norton
Price: $14.97
Customer Review:
Excellent book. If you want to understand the current economic downturn, this is the book to read. Lrugman is a teacher when he writes and abstruse economics is a stranger to his pages. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity
from W.W. Norton & Co.
Price: $18.45
Customer Review:
I have read and enjoyed other books by Michael Lewis. Unfortunately, I found the collection of articles in Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity to be old news that provided little insight into recent events. It seems more effort by the author on adding fresh perspectives and examples would... more info | 3.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
from Picador
Price: $10.88
Customer Review:
A great composite history of neoliberal political economy and the ways it has been instituted worldwide. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $9.69
Customer Review:
Michael Lewis does an excellent job describing the internal history of Salomon Brothers in the 1980s. He writes an easy-to-read narrative that is not only a pleasure to read, but is also a sarcastic and detailed examination of how business is done on Wall Street. While Lewis writes specifically... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Great Crash of 1929
from Mariner Books
Price: $9.71
Customer Review:
Gailbraith's book is an insightful and witty history of the Great Crash of 1929. Though written years ago it seems as if it could have been written yestereday and there are many parallels of course with the economic "meltdown" that is going on around us. I can't really fault the book as it is about... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics Series)
from John Wiley & Sons Inc
Customer Review:
This book is compendious and at times dry but immensely illuminating. As I write this, the U.S. and the world are descending into what looks like a very ugly economic time; Manias, Panics, and Crashes will make you think it was written for this very crisis, when that's sadly the point: the same... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence
from Random House
Price: $17.16
Customer Review:
I don't think Samuelson knows what he is talking about. He is not an economist, although one could easily get the impression that he is from the book. But, I'm not one either. Nevertheless, despite his occasional denials, the reader quickly gets the impression that inflation has been THE story of... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs
from Tantor Media
Price: $87.59
Customer Review:
As a person outside of the financial industry, I found the book to reveal an interesting glimpse into the history of the most venerated firm in Wall Street, from its humble inception to the present days. Along the way, you find glimpses of strong personalities that shine through the anonymity of... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm
from Wiley
Price: $18.85
Customer Review:
Gotta say I am surprised on this one. After reading the reviews I bought the book, and started off pretty saddened with the content.
There is no history to the crisis, and by all accounts the authors seem to figure it was triggered by the SF earthquake, but without any context or data it is... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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