RECOMMENDED AUTHORS, ANALYSTS ETC.
If you seek a better understanding of EM08, the following analysts provide a sound basis. There are many more writing on various aspects of EM08 - I've selected these as a core on the basis of:
1. Their expertise and track record.
2. A variety; John Gillespie, for example, is not overtly an EM08 author. Yet, Money for Nothing, his book (in collaboration with co-author David Zweig) that pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive of elite systems -- corporate boards -- does much to reveal why we are in the state we are in. William Black, on the other hand, is right in the pocket; he was a bank regulator during the S&L crisis under Bush I that prosecuted over a thousand bankers and jailed over 800!
3. Hardcore. All of these analysts have one thing in common; they are trenchant and incisive. They do research and have a rep for it. Some, like Nomi Prins, hail from the belly of the beast; she was a quant in the evil empire before her amazing turnaround as an analyst with the bite of an experienced quant. Matt Taibbi, on the other hand, has zero finance background. In Matt's case, that's a good thing, because he has to make sense of what he finds out in his own mind. Throw in his neo-gonzo approach -- don't get it twisted: he's a gifted writer -- and he is probably the one writer I'd recommend to the layperson.
JOHN GILLESPIE
Famous for her Citi call which predicted catastrophe at a time when no other analyst was in agreement, she's recently come under fire
BLOGS & SITES
Fairly accessible to the novice. Some jargon that should be understood, but these provide good information on an easier to digest level than most who write on econ/finance.
James Kwak's & Simon Johnson's "The Baseline Scenario" is a bit too inaccessible for novices, but they've had the good insight to install a "Financial Crisis for Beginners" section that hasn't been vetted here yet, but is included because of their sound reps.
James Kwak's & Simon Johnson's "The Baseline Scenario" is a bit too inaccessible for novices, but they've had the good insight to install a "Financial Crisis for Beginners" section that hasn't been vetted here yet, but is included because of their sound reps.
Mike Snyder's THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE -- Bombastic but basically right.
The following are too wonky/jargony for the novice, but if you get to the stage where the nomenclature makes sense, they're pretty good.
Barry Ritholtz's THE BIG PICTURE
"Tyler Durden's," et al, ZEROHEDGE
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