David Wessel

A Guide To The Best Books On The Financial Crisis

Daily Intel | Moe Tkacik | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: William Cohan, Barry Rithholtz, Patrick Robinson, Gillian Tett, Wall Street, Edmund Andrews, Charlie Gasparino, Economy, Books, Lawrence Mcdonald, Andrew Ross Sorkin, David Wessel, Financial Crisis, Richard Posner, David Faber, Duff Mcdonald, Business News

This week marks the official publication of the longest, most comprehensive, and highest-priced ($32.95!) work of Crisis Lit yet, New York Times repor...

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Lehman Brothers' Nonlessons

Robert Teitelman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Great Panic of 2008, David Wessel, Crisis Books, Robert Teitelman, Great Recession, Lehman Brothers, Media Maneuvers, Business News
Robert Teitelman

The real lesson of the Lehman meltdown and failure may turn out to be that it was not a deep enough shock to change a political and economic system that seems to require liquidity-driven growth.

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David Wessel on the Failure of Lehman Brothers

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Hank Paulson, Lehman Brothers, Tim Geithner, David Wessel, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Credit Crisis, Robert Teitelman, New York Fed, Business News
Robert Teitelman

This was a Katrina-like failing. A disaster was clearly building and defenses were weak. What were the Fed and Treasury doing in those key months between Bear and Lehman?

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