One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy

I didn't particularly like Thomas Frank's "One Market..." as a read -- too strident for my taste -- but there were many useful concepts to take away, including the chapter on business literature; otherwise... best title ever (in the category of non-fiction).

The author discusses the market frenzy of the 1990s, and the prevalent belief that every ordinary person could manipulate the market at least as well as professional brokers. For a time, this appeared to be the case, as housewives and teenagers were able to amass fortunes through their "common sense" intuitions about what would take off. In the face of the market bubble that burst in the early 21st century, and the recession that followed later in the decade, perhaps analysts would do well to go back and review this book, which was written before the bubble burst, but gives a foreshadowing of what is to come.

Review on my blog.