Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President’s Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you have to read to understand this amazing business saga.
作者简介
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Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind collaborated on this book when they both were Fortune senior writers. McLean, a former investment banking analyst for Goldman Sachs, is now a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and lives in Chicago. Elkind, an award-winning investigative reporter, is now an editor-at-large for Fortune and lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
History always repeats itself. As long as there is conflict of interest,excess returns, smart assholes who think they know better, investors/customers will be screwed up again and again.It is human na...History always repeats itself. As long as there is conflict of interest,excess returns, smart assholes who think they know better, investors/customers will be screwed up again and again.It is human nature after all. And how do you keep yourself from this? Acting non-human - be fearful when others are greedy, ask why and learn from history..(展开)
The Overtaking of Corners: Why Morality Fails to Preempt Corruption My name is Katherine DuPont. I majored in quantum electronics at Barnard and I hold an MBA degree from Yale. In 1994 I joined the trading floor of Enron. I spent less than half a year to a...
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I have to say it's one of the best, if not the best. By digging through the exciting/quick rise, gradual corruption, and at last the seemly all-of-a-sudden collapse, this book reveals before you the intriguing life inside a giant company, human greed and bl...
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读完了《Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room》，感触很多。Enron,曾经名列全美第七的上市公司，在 2001年时轰然坍塌，CEO自杀，成千上万的投资人血本无归....甚至，当时远在北京的我也感受到了余波。 大学毕业进四大会计师事务所，培训时老师强调了要开始测上市公司内控的...
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2 有用 ztmp 2012-10-09 22:30:53
企业家的开拓史，野心家的膨胀史，在这本书里合二为一
0 有用 Loveian 2017-02-07 10:52:21
History always repeats itself. As long as there is conflict of interest,excess returns, smart assholes who think they know better, investors/customers will be screwed up again and again.It is human na... History always repeats itself. As long as there is conflict of interest,excess returns, smart assholes who think they know better, investors/customers will be screwed up again and again.It is human nature after all. And how do you keep yourself from this? Acting non-human - be fearful when others are greedy, ask why and learn from history.. (展开)
0 有用 Renovatio 2016-02-13 22:50:46
2004年最值得阅读的一本书，根据本书改编的同名纪录片更是名噪一时，本书作者之一Bethany，2001年的一篇文章《Is Enron Overpriced》是第一篇当时公开质疑如日中天的安然公司的文章，从此揭开了安然公司的一系列丑闻，最终导致公司破产。1985年成立的Enron公司，在2001年前一直都是美国甚至全世界最牛的公司之一，得到投资者华尔街同行业人士的一致看好，雄霸市场十余年，但是本书... 2004年最值得阅读的一本书，根据本书改编的同名纪录片更是名噪一时，本书作者之一Bethany，2001年的一篇文章《Is Enron Overpriced》是第一篇当时公开质疑如日中天的安然公司的文章，从此揭开了安然公司的一系列丑闻，最终导致公司破产。1985年成立的Enron公司，在2001年前一直都是美国甚至全世界最牛的公司之一，得到投资者华尔街同行业人士的一致看好，雄霸市场十余年，但是本书通过细致的描写，揭露了安然的本质，所谓金玉其外，败絮其中，由安达信，华尔街投资家以及安然高管等共同构建的谎言，到了2001年终于由于财务丑闻爆发而破灭，兵败如山倒，股价一路从90多美金直接跌到0.3美金，安然最终破产出局，安达信公司作为五大会计师事务所也因为严重的会计丑闻解体. (展开)
0 有用 一苇 2015-12-28 17:47:30
sobering review
2 有用 溯溪 2017-01-26 01:07:10
啃了半年终于趁假期看完了，条理清晰分析的也很透彻有逻辑，作者也是真的下功夫找了无数资料和细节内容，看了13年再版结尾对08金融危机的延伸更是感慨，人性的贪婪真是永远不会改变