Other People's Money
by John Kay | 
Endgame
by John Mauldin | 
The Origin of Financial Crises
by George Cooper | 
Lombard Street
by Walter Bagehot | 
Irrational Exuberance
by Robert J. Shiller |
The Myth of the Rational Market
by Justin Fox | 
How Markets Fail
by John Cassidy | 
Crisis Economics
by Nouriel Roubini | 
After the Music Stopped
by Alan S. Blinder |
Freefall
by Joseph E. Stiglitz |
This Time Is Different
by Carmen M. Reinhart |
The Dollar Crisis
by Richard Duncan | 
Makers and Takers
by Rana Foroohar |
The Age of Diminished Expectations
by Paul Krugman | 
Economics
by Ha-Joon Chang |
We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions. According to Charles R. Morris, the astronomical leverage at investment banks and their hedge fund and private equity clients virtually guarantees massive disruption in global markets. The crash, when it comes, will have no firebreaks. A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset stripping, abusive lending, and hedge fund secrecy will come crashing down with it.The Trillion Dollar Meltdown explains how we got here, and what is about to happen. After the crash our priorities will be quite different. But things are likely to get worse before they better. Whether you are an active investor, a homeowner, or a contributor to your 401(k) plan, The Trillion Dollar Meltdown will be indispensable to understanding the gross excess that has put the world economy on the brink--and what the new landscape will look like.