Tom BeardsworthThe Doctor Who Fooled The WorldAs the rich world grinds slowly toward ending the COVID-19 pandemic through mass vaccination, a reckoning with the stubborn minority of…Jan 11, 2021Jan 11, 2021
Tom BeardsworthBillion Dollar WhaleThe trick in writing a story about bonds and banking, one learns, is to add “color” (or “colour” since I’ve been liberated from the use of…Dec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
Tom BeardsworthAll That Glitters: The Fall of BaringsIt happened a quarter-century ago and the half-billion (roughly) that he lost has been eclipsed by rogue-trading scandals since. Yet the…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
Tom BeardsworthBad Blood: John CarreyrouI’ve little to add to the weight of commentary about Bad Blood, the Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou’s story about alleged…Apr 6, 2019Apr 6, 2019
Tom BeardsworthThe Match King: Frank PartnoyThis entered near the top of my reading list last year after I learned it was one of the core texts of short-seller Jim Chanos’s History…Feb 2, 2019Feb 2, 2019
Tom BeardsworthThe Smartest Guys In The Room: Bethany McLean and Peter ElkindThe title of Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind’s 2003 book about the rise and fall of Enron is conveyed with a knowing wink. Ken Lay, Andy…Jan 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
Tom BeardsworthLying For MoneyThe idea that “there isn’t much that is truly difficult” to understand about complex fraud is at once a bracing and disarming introduction…Jul 31, 2018Jul 31, 2018
