y66 Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Gillian Tett is an assistant editor at the Financial Times. In March, she was named journalist of the year at the British Press Awards. The first of 2 excerpts from her forthcoming book about the financial crisis appears here in today's FT. Michael Lewis fans will appreciate her writing style and storytelling instincts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_c Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) Does seem quite well-written, but I hate the emotive title. When you've done a good job of explaining some of the complex issues that go into making a crisis, why weaken the argument by pinning it all on "unrestrained greed"? Well, I know why: it's because you want to sell more copies of your book. Now that is greed. Edited May 2, 2009 by david_c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 That's the UK title. The U.S. title, which seems more in keeping with the story line, is Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe. What's fascinating to me is how JP Morgan managed to steer clear of the stuff that did in so many others, even though, apparently, they invented a lot of it. Seems they are as disciplined as they are imaginative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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