The private diary of Arthur F. Burns—Nixon’s top economic adviser in 1969 and Federal Reserve Chairman from 1970 to 1978—offers an unfiltered view of the Nixon administration and the political pressures that shaped its economic policies, which led to double-digit inflation in that era. Though Burns died in 1987, his diary remained sealed until 2008. Across entries from 1969 to 1974, he recorded his shifting impressions of Nixon and his inner circle, including candid commentary on Paul Volcker, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, and John Connally. The diary reveals how Nixon’s personality and reelection priorities influenced monetary decisions and provides a rare, behind-the-scenes account of the Watergate scandal and what the tapes ultimately revealed about Nixon’s leadership.

A historical narrative about the people and events that set the stage for the junk-bond boom, LBO wave, and eventual S&L turmoil of the 1980s. It traces how early innovators like Louis “The Junkman” Wolfson, Charles Merrill, and conglomerate builder James Ling introduced concepts that later figures—Michael Milken, T. Boone Pickens, Carl Icahn, and others—would scale dramatically. The book explains how an obscure book on bond analysis sparked Milken’s insight into high-yield bonds, laying the groundwork for the junk-bond market, modern private equity, and the LBO era. It also highlights how the Great Inflation of the 1970s depressed stock prices, creating fertile conditions for takeover artists and financial engineers to use leverage to acquire companies trading below intrinsic value.

An investigative biography of how John Paulson's hedge fund made $20 billion by shorting the U.S. housing market during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. This book reveals how Paulson and his lieutenant Paolo Pellegrini identified the housing bubble, used credit default swaps to bet against it, and pulled off one of Wall Street’s greatest trades.

Biography of Thomas Rowe Price Jr., founder of T. Rowe Price Group. This book details his life and how, during the 1930s Depression, Price recognized that owning growing businesses generated the largest fortunes. It also details how he started his firm and created a growth investing movement.