“Henriques argues that Black Monday, as it is known, ought to have prompted smart regulatory overhaul. That might even have helped prevent the global meltdown 20 years later, she posits.”
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“Henriques argues that Black Monday, as it is known, ought to have prompted smart regulatory overhaul. That might even have helped prevent the global meltdown 20 years later, she posits.”
Read the full review here.
“…[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.
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“The author’s journalistic storytelling will bring a deeper understanding of Black Monday to all readers the same way Andrew Sorkin’s ‘Too Big To Fail’ did for the 2008 crisis.”
“It was hair-raising, it was a cliff-hanger…We almost didn’t make it through.”
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“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.”
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“I just kept repeating that. Be yourself. You’re not playing anybody. You’re just being Diana Henriques.”
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