Jonathan A Knee: 3 books
The Accidental Investment Banker:Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2006
Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures an exhilarating...
Class Clowns
How the Smartest Investors Lost Billions in Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
The past thirty years have seen dozens of otherwise successful investors try to improve education through the application of market principles. They have funneled billions of dollars into alternative schools, online education, and textbook publishing, and they have, with surprising regularity, lost...
The Curse of the Mogul
What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
If Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone are so smart, why are their stocks long-term losers?
We live in the age of big Media, with the celebrity moguls telling us that "content is king." But for all the excitement, glamour, drama, and publicity they produce, why can't these moguls and...