NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #28 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
As we contemplate the epic job losses of the last month, I thought I'd go back over past financial crises and some favorite books on the poison, egos, and outright fraud at the heart of US capitalism, featuring The Eloquent Page in St. Albans, VT, a favorite haunt for used books:
1) Bethany McLean (@bethanymac12) and Peter Elkind (@peterelkind) painted an incredible, captivating, and head-pounding portrait of Enron in THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM that reads like a super crazy novel: bookshop.org/books/the-smar…
2) Anand Giridharadas's (@AnandWrites) WINNERS TAKE ALL is a challenging portrait of the ecosystem inhabited by the global elite: bookshop.org/books/winners-…
3) Michael Lewis has written all sorts of good books on this topic, but if you've never read his original LIAR'S POKER, it's well worth the read, and THE BIG SHORT, about the latest financial crisis, will make you good and angry: bookshop.org/books/the-big-…
4) Speaking of the latest financial crisis, Bethany McLean (@bethanymac12) also teamed up with Joe Nocera (@opinion_joe) to write what I think is the best book on the 2008-2009 collapse, ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE: bookshop.org/books/all-the-…
5) Jane Mayer's (@JaneMayerNYer) portrait of the Kochs and other GOP donors and the corruption of the political ecosystem, DARK MONEY, is a story as much about business as it is about politics.bookshop.org/books/dark-mon…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite books on business, financial scandals, and US capitalism? What are your favorite indie bookstores? Share! #avidreadersunite
