I just read Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst by Daniel Reingold and although it is about the late 90 boom and bust, it good me hooked on the genre.

Any good books you can recommend about the 2008 financial crises?

"Griftopia" by Matt Taibbi is a real eye-opener and I found it hard to put down. Be forewarned that it is not a "feel good" book and will leave you quite pissed off.

Paul Krugman's "Stop This Depression Now" is mainly directed toward policy solutions, but he gives a clear account of how the crisis of 2008 came about. Not an insider's account with colorful detail, but an overview of the economic problem.

Not a book, but a movie: "The Inside Job" narrated by Matt Damon

The Big Short by Michael Lewis. Fantastic book which I re read at least once a year.

"The Shifts and the Shocks-What we've Learned, and still have to learn from the Financial Crisis" by Martin Wolf

Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay

by John Lancaster pub Oct 2010

Excellent book which is easy to read

Edited October 19, 201411 yr by rawhod

Another book of the same genre I really enjoyed was FIASCO" by Frank Partnoy (http://www.amazon.com/Fiasco-Inside-Story-Street-Trader/dp/0140278796)

"Griftopia" by Matt Taibbi is a real eye-opener and I found it hard to put down. Be forewarned that it is not a "feel good" book and will leave you quite pissed off.

His latest book 'The Divide", will piss you off even more.

"Griftopia" by Matt Taibbi is a real eye-opener and I found it hard to put down. Be forewarned that it is not a "feel good" book and will leave you quite pissed off.

His latest book 'The Divide", will piss you off even more.

I better get on that. Thanks for the tip.