IR 759 Final Paper TopicExtended Book Review Essay: Then & NowMeredith Milord
Building off the midterm…• Final paper will be an analysis of recent books about how
the financial sector has changed (or not) since the crisis • Targeting books written from 2012-present
• Midterm reviewed the following books:
Fool’s Goldby Gillian Tett
(2010)
Diary of a Very Bad Year
by Keith Gessen(2010)
The Global Minotaur
by Yanis Varoufakis(2011/2013)
Building off the midterm…
• Main thesis of midterm book review:
• Financial crisis was both a political and economic one• Financial sector’s main goal is to make profits above all else• Weak political will for regulation and curbing risky practices
due to government’s vested interests
• Final paper will examine 3 recent books that address what, if any, changes have occurred in financial sector since the crisis
• Will compare to previous analysis
Extended Book Review: Ideas• Book ideas:
• Suggestions for additional books?
Flash Boysby Michael Lewis
(2014)
Why I Left Goldman Sachsby Greg Smith
(2012)
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