The House of Morgan
by Ron Chernow
Four generations of the Morgan banking dynasty, from Victorian London to the 1980s: the Panic of 1907, Glass-Steagall, the split into J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley. Chernow's National Book Award debut.
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you want the history of American finance through one family.
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you want a single life.
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Three things you will actually use
- Character was the collateral.
- Relationships ran finance before regulation.
- Institutions outlive founders by design.
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Finance through one family.
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