The economic crisis has brought the standard emotion over the Federal Reserve to entirely new levels. I mean, if you thought people were opinionated about the central bank before the implosion of 2008, we are now in a whole new stratosphere. What is...
(10) Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve - William Fleckenstein - Perhaps it was overkill, but if you read this short little book from one of my favorite hedge fund managers and do not come away keenly aware of the role...
Charlie Gasparino's The Sellout has been more hyped on CNBC than any book that any of their affiliated personalities have ever written, and frankly, for those who have that network on 60 hours per week as I do, it may seem like it has been...
The litany of books on the 2008 economic crisis covers a lot of ground. There are a plethora of good books that have come out thus far (and plenty of bad ones). My reading has already taken me through some books that I...
I am not really sure where to start in reviewing Joseph Tibman's new book, The Murder of Lehman Brothers. Like the preceding book on Lehman's extraordinary fall (see my review of A Collosal Failure of Common Sense here), there is plenty of riveting stuff...
The latest book review in my ongoing series pertaining to the financial catastrophe of 2008 brings me to the delightful Dr. John Taylor, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and prominent economist throughout the last 35 years. His tiny work, Getting off Track,...
George Gilder is one of the most important people in American public life. In fact, he has been for the bulk of my life. When Gilder decides to champion as issue, he masters it, and then writes about it eloquently and persuasively –...
Former Federal Reserve chairman is a main character in the economic collapse of 2008, despite his three years spent trying to turn down the role. The role of the Federal Reserve warrants substantial discussion when looking at the events of last year, not only...
The brilliant Thomas Sowell has jumped in the fray of dissecting the 2008 economic collapse. His book is particularly focused on the housing market, an area of economics he understands as well as anyone. I very much doubt that my series of book...
I do not know Thomas Woods, but I suspect that if I did, we would get along. My review is going to be mostly critical of his new book, but that is only because the vast array of things I agree with do not...
