{"product_id":"dumb-money-daniel-gross-9781439159873","title":"Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation","description":"The financial crisis that has gripped this country since last September has had so many twists and turns, it would make for a great drama -- if it all were not so real and damaging. Companies are shutting down and laying off workers, 401ks are melting away, and the government is spending $700 billion dollars to bail out banks and financial institutions -- and that's only the beginning. The financial services industry, and the many industries that depend on it -- from housing to cars -- is in intensive care. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So what happened? How did we get to this point of financial disaster? Is the economy just a huge, Madoff-esque Ponzi scheme? It is a complicated and confusing story -- but Daniel Gross of \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e has a special gift for making complicated matters easy to understand and even entertaining. In \u003ci\u003eDumb Money\u003c\/i\u003e, he offers a guide to the debacle and to what the future may hold. This is not so much a book about who did what, though that's part of the story. Rather, it pieces together the building blocks of the debt-fueled economy, and distills the theory and personalities behind our late, lamented easy money culture. \u003ci\u003eDumb Money\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that finally lays it all out in an engaging way, and might just help people invest their money smartly until the gloom passes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439159874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439159873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Daniel Gross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066168307967,"sku":"9781439159873","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f410e6a2-36e0-4f1a-a73c-bcb0b33f33e8.jpg?v=1685405695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dumb-money-daniel-gross-9781439159873","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}