University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
|
    |
|
|
Business Book RoundtableFebruary 25, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PMWell-known financial journalist Lowenstein (Buffett; When Genius Failed) sets out to explain the stock market crash of 2000 and the ensuing corporate scandals. The ingredients are familiar, but the author puts his unique stamp on these factors by juxtaposing them so brilliantly that the 20-year history that inflated the bubble seems not just understandable, but inevitable.] Where: Union League Club of Chicago Who: Roger Lowenstein Registration:Register OnlineQuestions: Erik Hesler Event Description:The story is traced from the doldrums of the 1970s through the raiders and junk bonds of the 1980s to the financial brave new world of the 1990s.In self-conscious parallel to John Kenneth Galbraith's The Great Crash, Lowenstein explains that it is the boom that needs to be explained; the crash is simply the natural consequence. Lowenstein's low-key ease with the most complex financial reporting makes this book both accurate and easy to read, just as his earlier Buffett revealed a fascinating character where other writers saw only dullness, and his Where Genius Failed was a very comprehensible account of the 1998 Long-Term Capital Management blowup. Speaker Profile:Roger Lowenstein, author of the best-selling Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, reported for The Wall Street Journal for more than a decade, and wrote the Journal's stock market column 'Heard on the Street' from 1989 to 1991, and the 'Intrinsic Value' column from 1995 to 1997. He now writes a column in Smart Money magazine, and has written for The New York Times and The New Republic, among other publications. He has three children and lives in Westfield, New Jersey.Sponsored By:This event is co-sponsored by the GSB Business Book
Roundtable and the Union League Club's Authors Group. |
|
