As previously noted, the Antiplanner has been reading a lot of books about the financial crisis lately. Some have tried (but failed) to be comprehensive. Most cover just a slice of the crisis, such as Bear Stearns (House of Cards) or Lehman Brothers (A Colossal Failure of Common Sense)
One of the most valuable books of the latter sort is Fool’s Gold, which focuses on J.P. Morgan. Curiously, this book has gone through a series of at least four subtitles:
- How an Ingenious Tribe of Bankers Rewrote the Rules of Finance, Made a Fortune and Survived a Catastrophe
- How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets, and Unleashed a Catastrophe
- How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe
- The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan and How Wall St. Greed Corrupted Its Bold Dream and Created a Financial Catastrophe
