Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
 

Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

Like its subject, The Smartest Guys in the Room is ambitious, grand in scope, and ruthless in its dealings. Unlike Enron, the Texas-based energy giant that has come to represent the post-millennium collapse of 1990s go-go corporate culture, it's also ultimately successful. Penned by Fortune scribes Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, the 400-page-plus chronicle of the scandal digs deep inside the... (read more)

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Great book. It took me a while because I'm not incredibly business or finance oriented, but I WANTED to understand what was happening. I loved it.

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  • vishal

    vishal said:

    insightful

    posted Monday, November 12 2007
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