Episode · Acquired · 2022-11-29

Books mentioned on Enron

2 books · Listen · Watch on YouTube

The FTX fraud has dominated headlines now for weeks, during which we’ve debated if and how Acquired could uniquely add to the conversation. Then we realized there was an angle so perfect that we had to drop everything and enter Acquired research overdrive: Enron.

David Rosenthal discussed The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and others and Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Smartest Guys in the Room

   Bethany McLean; Peter Elkind · at 6:36 · mentioned 8 times

   The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind is an investigative book detailing the rise and corporate collapse of Enron.

   Discussed

   “so you read the smartest guys in the room right by Bethany McLean”

   David Rosenthal Enron 2022-11-29 Listen at 6:36

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   Conspiracy of Fools

   Kurt Eichenwald · at 6:40 · mentioned 6 times

   Discussed

   “and I read conspiracy of fools by Kurt eichenwald”

   David Rosenthal Enron 2022-11-29 Listen at 6:40

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible