The Sages: Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker, and the Maelstrom of Markets Paperback – 22 June 2010

The fact that each of these men saw problems in the economy and did something about it impressed me. I learned about the greed that is rampant on Wall Street.

Very bad book

nothing to learn

Morris speaks from a deep background in economic theory and analysis. His insightful recounting of both people and events in recent financial markets is provocative. He relates his subjects' unique vision and interpretation of financial market cycles in an interesting and easy to understand way.

I listened to this book basically because I wanted to learn a bit about Soros, Buffett and Volcker, which this book was pretty good for. Certainly not a full biography, but enough to give a good intro. More than that, it was a discussion about how these three pragmatists views compared to the academics views, and basically makes the case that common sense and pragmatism wins the day both when viewed against the dogmas of the liberals or the conservative academics. Its a worthwhile read in that light and I actually found more helpful than Trillion Dollar Meltdown in understanding, at a high level, what was missed by the authorities.