The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

Editorial Review:

We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions. According to Charles R. Morris, the astronomical leverage at investment banks and their hedge fund and private equity clients virtually guarantees massive disruption in global markets. The crash, when it comes, will have no firebreaks. A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset stripping, abusive lending, and hedge fund secrecy will come crashing down with it.

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown explains how we got here, and what is about to happen. After the crash our priorities will be quite different. But things are likely to get worse before they better. Whether you are an active investor, a homeowner, or a contributor to your 401(k) plan, The Trillion Dollar Meltdown will be indispensable to understanding the gross excess that has put the world economy on the brink--and what the new landscape will look like.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Best synthesis I have seen yet:

Friends and colleagues have been asking me repeatedly what is going on. This book helped me give reasonable answers, and I have recommended it to everyone who has asked. Mr. Morris speaks with the authority of an insider and conveys his knowledge in clear, direct language. Don't expect the juicy gossip and anecdotes that some other recent books on this topic have used to entice readers. This book is hard-nosed and business-like. And yet, still eminently readable.
I was trained as an economist and have... more info

A Guided Tour Through Disaster:

This is a wonderful book for organizing the unfolding train wreck that is the world economy in late 2008. The author explains what forces led to the situation, how financiers and mathematicians used computer modeling to create complex, world-spanning organizations that led to quick, juicy profits, and how the assumptions upon which these structures were based denied the liklihood of sufficient risk to destroy the whole structure. It is a quick read but heavy on acronyms. I found a second reading helped... more info

Fantastic Primer for Beginners:

If terms like CDOs, tranches, CDS, LIMBOR, and SIVs throw you for a loop, this is a great book to get up to speed. Charles R. Morris puts the credit crunch in its context in 169 succinct pages. He's a former banker and he doesn't waste your time. Sure, it could have been longer, but then it wouldn't be as easy to read. The scariest thing about this book is it was written BEFORE the panic we are witnessing, but it accurately predicted it. It took the rest of us a lot longer to see the impossible hole we had... more info

A Page Turner:

I just happened to pick up this book at the library, and now I can't put it down. It describes, in a succint and clear manner, exactly how we got into the current financial crisis. I'm recommending it to everyone I know.

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