The 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
Billion 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
All 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
Bad 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
The 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
The 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
Lying 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
