Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing, (Paperback)

from neurodrew

A very quick read, entertaining, but I think a bit light on insight. Lowenstein recounts the excesses of executive compensation in the 1990's, linking the excessive use of repeated stock options to the drive for ever upward earnings and share prices. He has many good stories of corporate greed an...

from ElectricRay

First off, disclosure: Penguin sent me a copy of this book to read & review for free based on an earlier review I wrote of one of Roger Lowenstein's books on this site. So I have a theoretical conflict of interest, though I am doing my best not to allow it to affect - positively or negatively - m...

from name99

Nothing I wasn't aware already aware of, but the author is entertaining.

from Exocet

Very poor treatment of the topic, and this is a shame because the author is an excellent journalist that produced other fine works. However, this title should be avoided by anyone who is interested in knowing what went wrong during the go-go years.

from PointedPundit

The Theme Never Changes, Only the Stories There are only two emotions that motivate the stock market: fear and greed. In his latest market history, Roger Lowenstein explores how the theme of creating shareholder value morphed into unbridled greed and led to the latest stock market crash. Delving ...