Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy

as a big fan of the big picture blog, this has been sitting on the to-read pile for longer than i care to admit. ritholtz delivers here. a no BS, straightforward explanation of the situations, behaviors and events that brought us the great recession. equally disturbing is a look at how many of the folks responsible for these events are still driving the economy today and/or deeply involved with setting policy.

if you’ve been looking for a simple overview of how we got to the great recession, this is a highly recommended read. if you’re concerned that it will lean one way or another politically, fear not, ritholtz delivers ample skewering on both sides of the aisle.