Diary of a Very Bad Year - Epilogue and Final Thoughts on the 2008 Crisis Retelling
This is the final post in my series retelling Diary of a Very Bad Year. Here’s the epilogue and my closing thoughts.
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Diary of a Very Bad Year Chapter 1 - When Subprime Was Just a Weird Word
This is part of my series retelling Diary of a Very Bad Year. Today we’re covering Chapter I.
The backstory
Before the interview starts, the book gives you context on how we got here. And it’s a story about cheap money and bad decisions stacking on top of each other.
Diary of a Very Bad Year - How a Literary Magazine Ended Up Interviewing a Hedge Fund Manager
This is part of my series retelling Diary of a Very Bad Year. Today we’re covering Keith Gessen’s introduction.
A friend of a friend
Keith Gessen got introduced to the anonymous hedge fund manager (HFM) in late 2006. Someone called HFM a “financial genius” who ran the emerging markets desk at a midtown hedge fund. Gessen was skeptical. He knew plenty of people from college who went into finance, but mostly for the lifestyle. Working hard, drinking beer, watching football.
Retelling Diary of a Very Bad Year - What Happens When Wall Street Falls Apart
I just finished reading one of the most interesting books about the 2008 financial crisis. And I want to walk you through it.