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If you don't know much about Enron's history and ultimate demise I recommend giving "A conspiracy of fools"[0] a read. It's a long one but there's also an excel
by vasco 6y ago
If you don't know much about Enron's history and ultimate demise I recommend giving "A conspiracy of fools"[0] a read. It's a long one but there's also an excellent audiobook available. It's very detailed, based on countless interviews and very well fact checked. If it wasn't a true story, it'd be pretty unbelievable fiction, the things management got away with.
Also a cautionary tale of tying your financial stability to your employer more than strictly necessary (your salary). Most employees kept all their retirement savings as Enron stock and got burned badly.
If memory doesn't fail me, the book also mentions Skilling starting to come up with plans for his follow-up venture whenever he got out of prison, shortly after being arrested - which I guess has now been published.
[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29519.Conspiracy_of_Fools https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29519.Conspiracy_of_Fool...
- filmgirlcw 6y agoI’d also recommend The Smartest Guys in the Room (and the documentary based on the book) [0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113576.The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113576.The_Smartest_Guys...
- jgalt212 6y agoseconded. this doc was amazing.