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Re:What are hedge funds, and what social functions do they s... by samdb on Monday September 22, 2014 @03:38PM (#8352156)
Another Lewis book, The Big Short, is also a good introduction to the events leading up to the 2008 crash.
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Re:What are hedge funds, and what social functions do they s... by damoncali on Monday September 22, 2014 @04:06PM (#8352326)
This one is also great - mostly because it was written right before the collapse, and it nails everything (at least as far as causes go - his solutions are debatable). Very smart book.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Trillion-Dollar-Meltdown-Rollers/d...

Edit: also, this version, updated in early 2009:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Two-Trillion-Dollar-Meltdown/dp/15...

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