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“Fascinating. Greatly appreciated.”
–Newt Gingrich“That was the best speech about corporate greed, ethics and Wall Street I have ever heard. Outstanding.”
–Cheung Kong Graduate School Business“I’ve read “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense,” and found it to be fascinating.”
–Anton Valukas, Examiner, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy“Unbelievable. A great speech. Something every serious trader and investor should hear.”
–Columbia University Alumni Club“Fantastic lecture. The clients loved it. Packed with lifelong trading and risk management lessons.”
–Dankse Bank, Norway“Spell-binding. I was on the edge of my seat. Fantastic lecture.”
–Minister of Culture, People’s Republic of China“Mesmerizing. I’ve had several people comment to me about how riveting the story was. Best of all, it was so much fun to meet you and get to know you on a personal level.
–Director, Business Development, CBOE“Wonderful talk. The students were enthralled.”
–DePaul University, Business Ethics.“I loved it. You’ll have to come again next year.”
–University of Florida, Ethics and Leadership Department“Thoroughly enjoyable. A wealth of information.”
–Franklin Templeton
Lawrence McDonald is one of the great risk managers, bond traders and business motivators on the lecture circuit.
He is also the only man from the inside of Wall Street who is permitted to speak about the disaster of Lehman Brothers, and is on the front-line of financial reform. In the last couple of weeks, he has personally spoken to some very senior men on Capital Hill who would prefer not to be mentioned, along with Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s lifelong friend and business partner.
Lawrence used to be a retail broker at Merrill Lynch, and fought tooth and nail to be a Wall Street bond trader, on one of the toughest trading floors on earth - the trading floor at Lehman Brothers, where he was twice the most profitable trader in his department.
Lawrence McDonald’s book, “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers” was written with the same man who helped the Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell write the #1 New York Times bestseller “Lone Survivor.”
“Colossal Failure,” is now in 12 languages, and is the #1 business book in the world. It was also a New York Times bestseller. It is one of the great lessons in risk management, business motivation, ethics, and trading.
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A Colossal Failure of Common Sense is one of the most informative, interesting and entertaining books I have ever read.
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense has all the right (and sufficient) information anyone in the Banking & Finance world would want to know about the disaster that brought the economies of the world to their knees. One hell of a book, a must read! Great job Larry !!
I just finished listening to the audiobook version and felt compelled to check out who Larry MacDonald is. I have also listened to the demise of Bear Stearns. Your story stands out because of the human connections. Thank you for sharing your side of the story. Your colleagues on the trading floor, Christine, Larry, Jane..I seem to know them after listening to your story.
In South Africa, a long way from Wall Street, we have seen additional pressures on unemployment, loss of exports, severely curtailed tax collections, in short: a COUNTRY of 40m people suffering from the flap of a butterfly’s wings in the US. “How did it all happen” - and why so quickly, are the questions asked by hungry families. Lawrence, your chilling and riviting book explains the symptoms which may be cured in time. The root causes, however, greed, avarice and man’s decisions made with total disregard of the consequences, will be with us forever, even on the other side of the world.
This was a great read! Thank you for writing it, Larry Mcdonald.I have told a dozen friends to read it.
The book was very engaging. There is some truth to loss of common sense in the higher etchelon of corporate America. It is a buddy-buddy system that defies growth, breeds greed and loss of practicality. But on the other end, it can be a positive force if use for the progress of mankind. This will be good movie. I would ask Harrison Ford to portray this story. Kudos!