Comments on: PANIC

By: Betsy Wuebker

Betsy Wuebker — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:20:06 +0000

Hi Cath – LOL good point! Kind of like the Lehman Bros CEO in front of Congress who got all teary because he felt bad that the company was going down. Bad…but not responsible, of course.

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:43:01 +0000

Hi Betsy – This definitely sounds like something that I want to add to my reading list. The only thing I don’t like about some of these types of books is that they’re always saying – I got rich from this – now I want to tell you how disgusted I am with the whole thing. But I never find the part where they say – so I gave all the money back.

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By: Betsy Wuebker

Betsy Wuebker — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:10:27 +0000

Hi Debbie – I would love to get it for Christmas – no time before then anyway! I’m glad you have your new puppy. Losing two dogs in such a short time isn’t fair.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:27:46 +0000

Might make a good Christmas present for someone also. I have a stack of books I need to be reading now (but I’m playing with the new puppy Peneolope).

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By: Betsy Wuebker

Betsy Wuebker — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:47:48 +0000

Hi Vered – Michael Lewis points out in The End that all these Wall Streeters were selling and buying stuff that THEY didn’t understand! Then they derived and derived until there wasn’t anything to derive anymore and so they were buying and selling air, pretty much, with OUR money. It’s truly mind boggling, isn’t it?

Hi Patricia – I like the way Lewis writes because he uses a common vernacular, not the too-laced-with-industry-jargon that a lot of traders used when I was in their company years ago. He has a way of boiling down to the essence of what drove these people – and it’s a very basic vice. A movie would be great, wouldn’t it?

Hi Stacey – The thing about Lewis is, he’s got such a dark sense of humor, his caricatures are rueful and funny.

Hi Barbara – Well, I think a lot of average “Joes” were horrified at Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” already. “Greed is good.” A little anger might be a good thing, as long as we don’t get so caught up in vilification that we forget to thoughtfully regulate against these occurrences again. Thanks!

By: Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog

Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:15:50 +0000

Hi Betsy – Great book review. As much as I like to know what causes the meltdowns, mortgages crisis and the mess on Wall Street, I wonder, would this book make the average “Joe” angry when they find out what really goes on behind the scenes?

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By: Stacey / Create a Balance

Stacey / Create a Balance — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:15:35 +0000

I agree w/ Vered. It sounds like an interesting story about a very serious condition we are all facing.

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By: Patricia

Patricia — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:01:13 +0000

I will need to put this on my read list…I am with Vered it is so hard to understand all the underpinning and games played…except that the were too many who were overcompensated…
Thank you for this suggestion.

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By: Vered - MomGrind

Vered - MomGrind — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:33:29 +0000

Sounds interesting. I’ve read so much about what lead to the economic meltdown but it’s still difficult to understand it all.