from Chatterbox

This detailed chronology (known as a 'tick tock' in the world of journalism) will stand as a great example of this kind of story and an invaluable reference tool in the years to come. It's very readable, although the chapter openings, which all seem to start with the same formula (On a x day in x...

from lanes_3

I thought this was a good account of what went on during the financial crisis. It is a rather dramatic account of the events, though, so one has to wonder if or where the author might have taken some dramatic license. Regardless of that, I thought it was a rather fair account of events. Given the...

from barlow304

Good account of the day-by-day improvisations of Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner as they tried to prevent a melt-down in the global financial markets. The reader will come away with admiration for Paulson and grudging respest for Geithner, both of whom performed admirably in the crisis. The bo...

from jontseng

Wonderfully written and breathlessly told, but after a while the formula (particularly the trick of inserting random incidental detail to make the reader feel THEY WERE REALLY THERE) starts to grate.

from jontseng

Wonderfully written and breathlessly told, but after a while the formula (particularly the trick of inserting random incidental detail to make the reader feel THEY WERE REALLY THERE) starts to grate.