Morgan the Elder is supposed to have made to a naïve acquaintance who had ventured to ask the great man what the market was going to do. Any board-room sitter with a taste for Wall Street lore has heard of the retort that J. THE STOCK MARKET-the daytime adventure serial of the well-to-do-would not be the stock market if it did not have its ups and downs.

Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street 1 The Fluctuation “An unusually complex and thoughtful work of social history.” - The New York Timesīusiness Adventures, Once in Golconda, and The Go-Go Yearsġ2 In Defense of Sterling ONCE IN GOLCONDAĬhapter XIV: The Go-Go Years About the Author The Go-Go Years: A humorous look at the staggering “go-go” growth of the 1960s stock market and the ensuing crashes of the 1970s in which fortunes were made overnight and lost even faster. “Brooks is truly willing to give up his own views to get inside the mind of all his subjects.” - National Review Once in Golconda: An incisively examined chronicle of the euphoric financial climb of the twenties, the ruinous stock market crash of 1929, and the unbelievable hardship and suffering that followed in its wake. “Brooks’s deeper insights about business are just as relevant today as they were back then.” -Bill Gates, The Wall Street Journal Here are three of his most fascinating works, which still resonate today.īusiness Adventures: This collection of entertaining short features is a brilliant example of Brooks’s talents, covering subjects such as the Edsel disaster, the rise of Xerox, and how corruption may be an irreparable part of the corporate world. into rollicking narratives,” Brooks proved that even the bottom line can be moving, hilarious, and infuriating all at once ( Slate). With a style of prose that “turns potentially eye-glazing topics. A collection of true stories about money, the stock market, and high finance from the Gerald Loeb Award–winning “unbelievable business writer” (Bill Gates).įor decades, author and New Yorker staff writer John Brooks was renowned for his keen intelligence, in-depth knowledge, and uniquely engaging approach to the dramas and personalities of the financial and business worlds.

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