Book Review Money and Power

2013
Money and Power
How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World
William D. Cohan

Contents of Book Review

Page

Introduction 3

Author’s Credentials 4

Brief Summary of the Book 5

Author’s Thesis 8 Criticisms 9

Notes on Sources 12

Conclusions 12

Introduction
I picked this book after carefully analyzing all the different titles. The reason I picked this book was because I wanted to learn more about the Financial Crisis in America as it is slightly out of my comfort zone. I had no previous knowledge of how Goldman Sachs operated or how influential they were in America. Money and Power was described as an insight into the inner circles of Goldman Sachs revealing a shocking story of clashing egos, backstabbing, sex scandals, private investigators, court cases and government cabals and what really lies underneath the PR projected image of the “perfect company”. I was attracted to this book as I, like most people in Ireland have been affected by the economic downturn and the role the banks had to play. I had a