Every book Bethany McLean recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Bethany McLean

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   All the Devils Are Here

   Bethany McLean; Joe Nocera · Discussed · 1 episode

   All the Devils Are Here by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera is a comprehensive historical account detailing the origins and mechanics of the 2008 financial crisis.

   Discussed

   “other than what a actually a former Goldman Sachs partner said this to me when I was working on all the devils are here and she said that Finance is supposed to be like the substrata of our world”

   Dwarkesh Podcast Bethany McLean — Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, frauds, & visionaries 2022-12-21 Listen at 41:30

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
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   The Smartest Guys in the Room

   Bethany McLean; Peter Elkind · Discussed · 1 episode

   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

   “I mean I could not have written my Enron book if it were for the justice department investigating in their indictments for the role of Congress in getting all these documents from from all these internal documents”

   Dwarkesh Podcast Bethany McLean — Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, frauds, & visionaries 2022-12-21 Listen at 1:09:12

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible

Books Bethany McLean wrote

Every book by Bethany McLean mentioned on podcasts →

• The Smartest Guys in the Room
• All the Devils Are Here

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