“She writes that this was due to missed opportunities, market delusions and destructive actions that stretched from the ‘silver crisis’ of 1980 to turf battles in Washington.”
See the show page on wnyc.org.
Author Archives: dian3353
Burton Malkiel (Wall Street Journal) Review of “A First-Class Catastrophe”
“a narrative history . . . rich in interviews and archival research and personalized with vivid descriptions of the actors and conflicts involved.”
“Her writing is so skillful that even mathematical risk-mitigation techniques and arcane turf wars . . . are infused with life.”
Read the full review here (subscription).
Atlantic Article on the 1987 Wall Street Crash
Black Monday was a crash that allowed
Wall Street and Washington to look into
the future, if they dared.
Read the full article here.
Here And Now Interview: “A First Class Catastrophe”
“…[Henriques] examines what led up to Black Monday and what lessons can be learned from it in “A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day In Wall Street History.” She joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson to talk about the book.
See the page for this interview on wbur.org.
Investing.com Review
Shelf Awareness Review of “A First-Class Catastrophe”
“Henriques has a low-key style, favoring patient explanation over moral outrage. Still, her account subtly undermines the concept of rational markets–“human beings do not cope well in a crisis when speed, complexity, secrecy, and fear all batter our emotions at the same time”–while also making the case for pragmatic responses to financial crises.”
Read the full review here.
Awards Daily Interview
“I just kept repeating that. Be yourself. You’re not playing anybody. You’re just being Diana Henriques.”
Read the full interview here.