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The Games Players: Tales of Men and Money
Book by Brooks, John
- GenresBusiness
386 pages, Paperback
Published February 2, 2015
About the author
John Brooks
235 books221 followersJohn Brooks (1920–1993) was an award-winning writer best known for his contributions to the New Yorker as a financial journalist. He was also the author of ten nonfiction books on business and finance, a number of which were critically acclaimed works examining Wall Street and the corporate world. His books Once inGolconda, The Go-Go Years, and Business Adventures have endured as classics. Although he is remembered primarily for his writings on financial topics, Brooks published three novels and wrote book reviews for Harper’s Magazine and the New York Times Book Review.
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June 16, 2021
This is a compilation of New Yorker articles on the global capital markets from 1950-1980,as the old white shoe order waned. About 40% of the book is devoted to Juan March's theft of Barcelona Traction from its global shareholders.
It is difficult to rate a book like this. It assumes that the reader will have significant financial knowledge and has no common theme unifying the chapters. A reader like me who entered the scene just as the events described were ending will make many delightful discoveries. But someone unaware of the mores of the time is likely to be merely mystified and find it all rather pointless.
It is difficult to rate a book like this. It assumes that the reader will have significant financial knowledge and has no common theme unifying the chapters. A reader like me who entered the scene just as the events described were ending will make many delightful discoveries. But someone unaware of the mores of the time is likely to be merely mystified and find it all rather pointless.
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