When Genius Failed
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When Genius Failed
| Full title | When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management |
|---|---|
| Author | Roger Lowenstein |
| Published | 2000 |
| Pages | 282 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Roger Lowenstein’s account of the rise and fall of Long-Term Capital Management, the hedge fund whose 1998 collapse required a Federal Reserve–organised rescue. |
Where I heard about it
- A Goldman Sachs reading list — on the firm’s recommended reading list (careers site), under Industry Background and Flavor, in the group it introduces as “exaggerated depictions of the darker side of the industry” (it misprints the author as “Lowenthal”); shared on X by @F_Compounders, July 2025.
Connections
- Roger Lowenstein — author.
- Goldman Sachs Recommended reading list… (tweet) — the list this came from.
Captured June 30th, 2020
Verbatim from the Roam quick-capture list:
- When Genius Failed books-to-read
What links here
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