Too Big to Fail
by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The 2008 financial crisis from inside Lehman, Treasury, the Fed and the banks, hour by hour. Sorkin's access produces the most detailed account of decision-making under systemic panic.
Read it if…
you want to see leaders decide under extreme uncertainty.
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Skip it if…
you want an analysis of causes; see The Big Short.
Try instead: The First Tycoon →
Three things you will actually use
- Nobody had the full picture.
- Decisions were made on incomplete data in hours.
- Relationships decided outcomes.
Do this first
Read the Lehman weekend chapters.
Our verdict
Decisions under panic.
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