Results for "Henriques, Diana B."

The “extraordinary” (New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of FDR’s fight for the soul of American capitalism—from award-winning journalist Diana B. Henriques, author of The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust“I thought I was well versed in the New Deal, but i... Read More about Taming the Street: The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR's Fight to Regulate American Capitalism

"An impressive, meticulously reported postmortem. . . . The Wizard of Lies is the definitive book on what Madoff did and how he did it." —Bloomberg Businessweek Who was Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history? This question has long fascinated people, about the Ne... Read More about The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

"An impressive, meticulously reported postmortem. . . . The Wizard of Lies is the definitive book on what Madoff did and how he did it." —Bloomberg Businessweek Who was Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history?This question has long fascinated people, about the New ... Read More about The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

Raising questions about the stability of the mutual fund investment industry, a business reporter for The New York Times describes how Fidelity used its power to bend the rules of investing to its own advantage.Fidelity's World: The Secret Life and Public Power of the Mutual Fund Giant is an in-dept... Read More about Fidelity's World: The Secret Life and Public Power of the Mutual Fund Giant

The definitive account of the crash of 1987, a cautionary tale of how the US financial system nearly collapsed-from the bestselling author of The Wizard of Lies Monday, October 19, 1987, was by far the worst day in Wall Street history. The market fell 22.6 percent-almost twice as bad as the worst da... Read More about A First-Class Catastrophe Lib/E: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History

The definitive account of the crash of 1987, a cautionary tale of how the US financial system nearly collapsed-from the bestselling author of The Wizard of LiesMonday, October 19, 1987, was by far the worst day in Wall Street history. The market fell 22.6 percent-almost twice as bad as the worst day... Read More about A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History