false 96578 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.]]> 96578 2 93088 book 28 12 2004 Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing total:28|5:4|4:11|3:9|2:3|1:1| 28 98 46 6 762 4.00 1212 212 420034 38051 96578 0143034677 9780143034674 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96578.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.54 26 The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.]]> 2004 4 0 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Mar 25 08:29:42 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 25 08:47:25 -0700 2007 pp 117 he discusses a “virtuous circle” the semantic opposite of a vicious cycle.
pp 160 an awesome quote from an executive at Global Crossing who was cognizant of his firm’s duplicity: “The stock ...more...]]> 612264 51830 96578 0143034677 9780143034674 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96578.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.50 28 The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.]]> 2004 3 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 06 20:19:43 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:39:14 -0800 2009
It's amazing at what goes on in corporate America and this book certainly makes you want to never invest another dollar in the market but rather invest it in your own business--at least you can ...more...]]> 32189515 1461269 96578 0143034677 9780143034674 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96578.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.50 28 The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.]]> 2004 3 0 false Sat Sep 06 12:35:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 12:36:07 -0700 2008 32300384 732320 96578 0143034677 9780143034674 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96578.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.50 28 The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.]]> 2004 3 0 false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 07 19:54:27 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 17 13:01:39 -0700 2009 22735672 158310 96578 0143034677 9780143034674 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96578.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.50 28 The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.]]> 2004 2 0 false Mon Jul 21 20:51:59 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 00:54:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 20:51:59 -0700 2008 14801693 681284 1111147 1594200033 9781594200038 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181087988m/1111147.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181087988s/1111147.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1111147.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.00 2
Roger Lowenstein, recognized as one of the best financial reporters of our time, turns his focus to the 1990s stock market and economic boom and bust in Origins of the Crash. With his singular gift for turning complex financial events into eminently readable stories, Lowenstein lays bare the labyrinthine events of the manic 1990s-including the collapse of Enron, the dot-com bubble, the accounting scandal at Andersen, and much more.

Drawing on his sense of history, Lowenstein inquires how a financial system that arose out of the wreckage of the Depression and that was intended to avert the miscues of that era could ultimately repeat the very same scenario of massive speculation and corruption leading to collapse. He discovers the roots of the recent crisis in the financial culture that cropped up in the 1970s and 1980s as America encouraged companies to hand out ever greater packages of stock options to their executives. In an enthralling narrative, Lowenstein ties together all of the characters of the great boom and bust: Alan Greenspan, Jack Grubman, Jack Welch, Abby Cohen, Henry Blodget, and a host of dot-com pioneers. But it is the collective rendering of such figures-the unique portrayal of the culture of the era-that truly distinguishes Origins of the Crash as the book that will frame our appreciation of the period.

Just as John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash was the canonical text of 1929, Lowenstein's Origins of the Crash is destined to become the definitive account of the 1990s.]]> 2004 2 0 false Thu Feb 07 04:48:13 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 04:49:44 -0800 2008 76685312 1205587 1111147 1594200033 9781594200038 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181087988m/1111147.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181087988s/1111147.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1111147.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.50 28
Roger Lowenstein, recognized as one of the best financial reporters of our time, turns his focus to the 1990s stock market and economic boom and bust in Origins of the Crash. With his singular gift for turning complex financial events into eminently readable stories, Lowenstein lays bare the labyrinthine events of the manic 1990s-including the collapse of Enron, the dot-com bubble, the accounting scandal at Andersen, and much more.

Drawing on his sense of history, Lowenstein inquires how a financial system that arose out of the wreckage of the Depression and that was intended to avert the miscues of that era could ultimately repeat the very same scenario of massive speculation and corruption leading to collapse. He discovers the roots of the recent crisis in the financial culture that cropped up in the 1970s and 1980s as America encouraged companies to hand out ever greater packages of stock options to their executives. In an enthralling narrative, Lowenstein ties together all of the characters of the great boom and bust: Alan Greenspan, Jack Grubman, Jack Welch, Abby Cohen, Henry Blodget, and a host of dot-com pioneers. But it is the collective rendering of such figures-the unique portrayal of the culture of the era-that truly distinguishes Origins of the Crash as the book that will frame our appreciation of the period.

Just as John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash was the canonical text of 1929, Lowenstein's Origins of the Crash is destined to become the definitive account of the 1990s.]]> 2004 0 0 false Wed Nov 04 07:14:12 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:14:12 -0800 2009 75222738 2850584 96578 0143034677 9780143034674 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96578.Origins_of_the_Crash_The_Great_Bubble_and_Its_Undoing 3.50 28 The Great Crash was a defining text of the Great Depression, Lowenstein’s Origins of the Crash is destined to be the book that will frame our understanding of the 1990s.]]> 2004 4 0 false Wed Oct 21 04:47:06 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 04:47:06 -0700 2009 74488083 1660721 96578 0143034677 9780143034674 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255m/96578.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171343255s/96578.jpg 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