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Best book on the financial crisis?

  • 08-11-2011 10:49am
    #1
    Iwannahurl
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    What is the best book about the economic crisis that you have read?

    The crisis is global of course, but there are different arenas and issues also (Ireland, Europe, the US, the Euro, the demand for a Bretton Woods II etc).

    Christmas is coming, so I'd be interested in hearing others' views on candidates for the best written and most informative book(s) dealing with the crises in Ireland and internationally.

    The more up-to-date and comprehensive the better, presumably.


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    fliball123
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    Iwannahurl wrote: »
    What is the best book about the economic crisis that you have read?

    The crisis is global of course, but there are different arenas and issues also (Ireland, Europe, the US, the Euro, the demand for a Bretton Woods II etc).

    Christmas is coming, so I'd be interested in hearing others' views on candidates for the best written and most informative book(s) dealing with the crises in Ireland and internationally.

    The more up-to-date and comprehensive the better, presumably.

    Dont know if these are published yet :)

    Kevin Cardiff "how to get ahead in the public sector"
    Bertie Ahearn "how to make none stick frying pans while juggling brown envelopes"
    David Beggs and Jack O'Connor "How to corner the masses"
    Pat O'Doherty "Turning off the lights"
    Enda Kenny "The Secret Labour party leader"
    Joan Burton "Castrato - the tale of a hi pitched man stuck in a gob****s body"


  • #3
    Iwannahurl
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    Good idea for a separate novelty Economics thread perhaps: titles for books that should be published but probably won't be!


  • #4
    swampgas
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    Manias Panics & Crashes is a bit hard to read (the author jumps backward and forward in time like Dr Who on speed) but is an interesting read all the same - the recent Irish property bubble could be taken straight from it.

    http://www.amazon.com/Manias-Panics-Crashes-Financial-Investment/dp/0471467146


  • #5
    Sleepy
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    More political than economic but I found the Matt Cooper's "Who Really Runs Ireland?" to be very good and I see there's a sequel out at the moment...


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    draiochtanois
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  • #7
    SBWife
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    I must have read about 20 of these so far.

    I'd second the Micheal Lewis book and his country profiles in VF are very good as well.

    Other than that the Gordon Brown book Beyond the Crash was very clear and well written, I also really liked both Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin and House of Cards by William Cohen.


  • #8
    Iwannahurl
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    While searching for a review of House of Cards by William D Cohan, I found this 2010 Guardian UK webpage.

    The Ten Best Credit Crunch Books.


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