Bethany McLean ist vor allem für ihre aufschlussreiche Berichterstattung über Unternehmensfehlverhalten bekannt, insbesondere den Enron-Skandal. Als leitende Redakteurin und frühere Kolumnistin für namhafte Wirtschaftsmedien bringt sie ein tiefes Verständnis für Finanzgeschäfte in ihre Arbeit ein. McLens Hintergrund im Investmentbanking bietet ihr eine einzigartige Perspektive auf die internen Abläufe der Unternehmenswelt. Ihre Arbeit seziert sorgfältig komplexe Finanznarrative und bietet den Lesern klare Einblicke in die Mechanismen des modernen Geschäftslebens.
As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began. Should the blame fall on greedy traders, lazy regulators, or clueless home buyers? This book states that the real answer is all of the above.
Just as Watergate was the defining political story of its time, so Enron is the biggest business story of our time. And just as All the President's Men was the one Watergate book that gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance, The Smartest Guys in the Room is the one book you have to read to understand this amazing business saga
Named one of Vanity Fair's 11 Nonfiction Books to Read this Fall 800-CEO Reads Editor's Choice: McLean exposes the faulty foundation not only of our supposed energy independence, but of the very desire for it....The sloganeering of drill, baby, drill, and the false, geopolitically fraught hope of energy independence it implies, ignores these basic business, economic, and existential human realities. In exposing them, McLean offers hope for a more reasonable discussion, a more sustainable and profitable industry, and, perhaps, a more integrated energy policy. As journalist Bethany McLean sketches with clarity and concision in this book, the shale revolution has had profound effects on the US, creating jobs and cutting energy costs, but many of the claims made for it have been overblown....Unlike some who have taken a skeptical view of the shale industry, McLean is not trying to debunk it--those who have tried have been made to look foolish by its success in recent years -- but she does urge us to be cautious about being too trusting.-- Financial Times Bethany McLean explores fracking's nuanced success, but also cautions that this energy revolution is not the country's golden ticket to energy independence.--NPR, Marketplace
The book presents a critical examination of American capitalism's failures during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the government's inability to protect citizens and the resulting devastation. It explores the blunders of officials, the complicity of economists, and the indifference of elites who profited from the crisis. Through detailed analysis, the authors investigate supply chain issues, the impact on healthcare systems, and contrasting responses from political leaders. This insightful account aims to uncover the systemic flaws in capitalism and their implications for the future.