Confidence men
by Ron Suskind · first published 2011
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Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews and in-depth research to relate the complete story of the nation's financial meltdown, from the trading floors of lower Manhattan to the power corridors inside the Beltway.
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…- Capital Benjamin Graham - The Intelligent Investor Galbraith - The Affluent Society Galbraith - The Great Crash Milton Friedman - Capitalism and Freedom Nassim Taleb - Black Swan Ron Suskind - Confidence Men Scott Patterson - Dark Pools If you want to delve into heterodox economics afterward, start with the following: Hayek - Individualism and Economic Order Mises - Human Action Rothbard - Man, Economy,…
on “Ask HN: What are the must-read books about economics/finance?” ↗For anyone interested in this line of thinking, I highly recommend reading Ron Suskind's "Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President". [1] As a Washingtonian, I can safely say that there are many actors who prefer the status quo, however flawed it might be, to an unknown other.…
on “After the Fall: Ten Years After the Crash” ↗…letter that makes me certain that it was read and understood. Unfortunately, those changes, harmful to borrowers, were again the opposite of what I'd suggested. Given what I am reading in Ron Suskind's Confidence Men, and have read/heard elsewhere, I'm not all that surprised.[1] Young people will continue to be politically and financially expendable until they learn from history, organize themselves into strong blocks…
on “America’s Millennials Are Waking Up to a Grim Financial Future” ↗…example is taking almost zero-interest loans from the Fed and using them to purchase Treasury Bonds which pay much higher interest rates. According estimates published by Ron Suskind in his recent book "Confidence Men", simply printing the money and giving it directly to the government to spend would save something like 350 billion in interest. Leaving aside the question of how many jobs could be created with those…
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