IR 759 Final P aper Topic Extended Book Review Essay: Then & Now

IR 759 Final Paper TopicExtended Book Review Essay: Then & NowMeredith Milord

Building off the midterm…• Final paper will be an analysis of recent books about how

the financial sector has changed (or not) since the crisis • Targeting books written from 2012-present

• Midterm reviewed the following books:

Fool’s Goldby Gillian Tett

(2010)

Diary of a Very Bad Year

by Keith Gessen(2010)

The Global Minotaur

by Yanis Varoufakis(2011/2013)

Building off the midterm…

• Main thesis of midterm book review:

• Financial crisis was both a political and economic one• Financial sector’s main goal is to make profits above all else• Weak political will for regulation and curbing risky practices

due to government’s vested interests

• Final paper will examine 3 recent books that address what, if any, changes have occurred in financial sector since the crisis

• Will compare to previous analysis

Extended Book Review: Ideas• Book ideas:

• Suggestions for additional books?

Flash Boysby Michael Lewis

(2014)

Why I Left Goldman Sachsby Greg Smith

(2012)

1 additional?