Bonfire of the Vanities

Tom Wolfe: The Rich Have Feelings Too - Vanity Fair

Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


Do the rich have feelings too? In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Tom Wolfe, who famously chronicled the buyout kings of the 1980s in The Bonfire Of ...

Bonfire of the Insanities

Dan Dorfman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

With mounting evidence of better days ahead for both the economy and the stock market, many bears have toned down their negative comments and are running for cover. Bud Conrad is not among them.

Toyota Projects First-Ever Annual Loss; Congress Disses Detroit

Steve Parker | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Congress took a perverse pleasure in giving Detroit's CEOs and the UAW president the third degree -- unnecessary theater while our country suffers this economic decline.

Tom Wolfe: Neither McCain Nor Obama Has "The Right Stuff"

Greg Boose | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago


Greg Boose

Wolfe quickly responded: "I'm voting for John Silber, a write-in vote."

20 Years After "Bonfire," Rich White Bankers Still Rule NYC

The Guardian (U.K.) | Paul Harris | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Robert Thompson remembers vividly what happened when he opened The Bonfire of the Vanities, the chronicle of Eighties New York that captured the city ...