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Join David Denby, New Yorker critic and otherwise sensible man, on a whirlwind ride through an exuberant stock market, investment feeding frenzy, and the cataclysmic result of greed and illusion.
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"It's rare that someone writes a book about an incredibly stupid thing they did. That is primarily what David Denby did, and I was glad to learn from his mistakes! "
— Dan (4 out of 5 stars)
American Sucker Listener Reviews
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" Trying to make a million in the new economy. "
— Dan, 6/20/2013 -
" If only there were a Pulitzer for self-impressed obliviousness. He congratulates himself for recognizing 9/11 as a tragedy. "
— Aharon, 5/30/2013 -
" The dot-com bubble burst seems so quaint now, but at the time it was a big deal. And Denby does a good job of putting you inside the irrational exuberance of the time. "
— Philip, 1/26/2013 -
" I never got through this, finally returned it to the library basically unread. "
— Michele, 7/19/2012 -
" How to lose money in the last economy. "
— Alan, 1/19/2012 -
" It's rare that someone writes a book about an incredibly stupid thing they did. That is primarily what David Denby did, and I was glad to learn from his mistakes! "
— Dan, 8/31/2011 -
" Trying to make a million in the new economy. "
— Dan, 4/27/2011 -
" How to lose money in the last economy. "
— Alan, 12/20/2008
About David Denby
David Denby is a film critic and staff writer at the New Yorker. He has also served as film critic for the Atlantic Monthly, the Boston Phoenix, and New York magazine. His book on re-reading literary and political theory classics, Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World, has been translated into nine languages. He and his wife live in New York City.