The Smartest Guys in the Room

The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Hardcover, 435 pages

English language

Published Aug. 20, 2003 by Portfolio.

ISBN:
978-1-59184-008-4
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There were dozens of books about Watergate, but only All the President's Men gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance and exclusive reporting. And thirty years later, if you're going to read only one book on Watergate, that's still the one. Today, Enron is the biggest business story of our time, and Fortune senior writers Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind are the new Woodward and Bernstein.

Remarkably, it was just two years ago that Enron was thought to epitomize a great New Economy company, with its skyrocketing profits and share price. But that was before Fortune published an article by McLean that asked a seemingly innocent question: How exactly does Enron make money? From that point on, Enron's house of cards began to crumble. Now, McLean and Elkind have investigated much deeper, to offer the definitive book about the Enron scandal and the fascinating people behind …

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Subjects

  • Business failures
  • Corrupt practices
  • Enron Corp
  • Case studies
  • Energy industries
  • History

Places

  • United States

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