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Title: No data, all anecdotes
Review: I am having trouble getting through this book because it is fairly boring. It goes on and on about tedious subjects, for instance there as an entire chapter on the "back office" culture of wall st. firms in the 60's. I didn't buy this book to read about the lifestyles of accountants and typists. A lot of the info is simply stories and anecdotes and it is very light on data, but I guess that is what you get when you buy a book from a journalist from the New Yorker instead of an academic who has deep data and knowledge. This book is really more about the culture of wall st. in the 60's, and less about the actual statistics, data, and history, and the analysis is quite superficial.
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