Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System---and Themselves,   ISBN:9780670021253

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One of the best I have read this year. A must read for any investor in the markets.

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One of the best reads ever!! Even if you think you knew what was going on you were wrong. This was truely an amazing piece of history to survive!

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Just finished the book and felt compelled to write a review. First, I agree with those who say that low rankings based on price have no place in this type of forum. These people are vindictive and bitter and have better things to do with their time (and they know it). Second, I found the number of typos a bit odd, but I'm convinced that it has to do with the scanning process or whatever they use to transfer the text into Kindle format. All that said, this is a remarkably well-researched and easy-to-follow account of the scramble behind the scenes during fall 2008. History will ultimately be the best judge, but for anyone looking to better understand what happened, this is an excellent place to start.

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Anyone wanting thoughtful analysis and insight into how America fell into the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression -- and why regulators responded as they did -- should look elsewhere. Too Big To Fail is an almost endless regurgitation of what various bankers said in meetings among themselves and with regulators.

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If you are looking for a decent insight as to what happened to the financial world 12 months ago, this is not a bad place to start. It seems to be relatively well researched as to the details of the problems we faced, and I would say I learned a lot.

That said, this is not a book without it's problems. The author seems far too impressed with the power many of the Wall Street bankers have, and is somewhat sycophantic towards them. There are some awful passages where he attempts to set the scene by explaining things like the cars they have, or the watches they wear. It's as if he is sucking up to them.

One other criticism, for those of us that read the Kindle version, it is riddled with typographical errors. There were multiple places where text was repeated for no reason, and the justification of the text was frequently wrong. I expect better.