Too good to put down
Could it be 2 years since the worst of the banking crisis began to engulf Wall Street and Main Street? I’ve just finished reading Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Too Big to Fail that offers a fascinating look at those frightening and chaotic days of the near collapse of our banking system.
The book isn’t light nor is the subject; it’s not a fast beach-chair kind of book. But I couldn’t put it down.
From the inside jacket cover it’s described as “A brilliantly reported true-life financial and political thriller that goes behind the scenes of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington. TOO BIG TO FAIL vividly details the backroom deal making and secret alliances made in the rush to save the world economy from collapse.” This book is all that and much more.
I did come away with a much better appreciation of how money moves in this world and who the power brokers, politicians, players, and personalities behind alot of this chaos were, and in some cases, still are. I am very grateful that throughout this crisis we had some of the best and the brightest people working around the clock trying to solve this. Many of their names were not in the headlines, but their contributions were huge.
Let me know if you’d like to borrow my copy. I’d love to hear your take on this inside story of Washington and Wall Street.
