From hedge funds to arbitrage to Roth IRAs to globalization, capitalism and all that it entails is often complicated, jargon-prone, and intimidating. Today, as the triumphs, excesses, and failures of free market capitalism and globalization continue to hold sway over the daily news and our daily liv[...]
In "Reckless Endangerment", Gretchen Morgenson exposes how the watchdogs who were supposed to protect the country from financial harm were actually complicit in the actions that finally blew up the American economy. Drawing on previously untapped sources and building on original research from co-aut[...]