Charles R Morris
Encyclopedia
Charles R. Morris is a lawyer, former banker, and author. He has written twelve books, and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times
, The Wall Street Journal
, and The Atlantic Monthly
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, and The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...
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Awards
- 2009 Gerald Loeb AwardGerald Loeb AwardThe Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of...
in the business book category for:
Books
- The Sages: Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker, and the Maelstrom of Markets (2009)
- The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown (2009)
- The Trillion Dollar Meltdown (2008)
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- Reviewed in Business Week
- The Surgeons: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center (2007)
- Review, New York Times, October 28, 2007
- The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy (2005)
- American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church (1997)
- The AARP: America's Most Powerful Lobby and the Clash of Generations (1996)
- Money, Greed, and Risk: Why Financial Crises and Crashes Happen (1999)
- Computer Wars: The Fall of IBM and the Future of Western Technology (1993)
- The Coming Global Boom (1990)
- Iron Destinies, Lost Opportunities: The Arms Race Between the United States and the Soviet Union, 1945-1987 (1988)
- The Cost of Good Intentions: New York City and the Liberal Experiment (1981)
- Reviewed in the New York Times, By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, July 24, 1980, Thursday
- Reviewed in Business Week
Films
Morris appears in the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary film Inside JobInside Job (film)
Inside Job is a 2010 documentary film about the late-2000s financial crisis directed by Charles H. Ferguson. The film is described by Ferguson as being about "the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption." In five...
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