Other People's Money, and How the Bankers Use It

Before he was a supreme court justice, Louis Brandeis wrote a series of articles for Harper’s Magazine that he fleshed out and expanded into this book. He was arguing for greater regulation, oversight, and openness in the banking industry after a series of collapses and scandals that caused a lot of......more

Brandies was the forefather of counseling in law. Before him lawyers were like doctors of today, coming to a patient's (client's) aid AFTER the fact. Brandies was the founder of preventative law. He was also an early pro-bono advocate, donating much of his time to charity cases. Some critics felt he......more

Louis D. Brandeis is analyzing how the money trust controlled many industries in the United States during the beginning of the 20th century. The interlocking directorates, the acquisition of related corporations, such as insurance companies, money trusts and investment banks, made commercial banks t......more

Eye-opening and alarming. Sometimes you just can't believe what some people are getting away with. Seems like fiction most of the time yet it's clearly true. Well delivered information.......more

Brandeis uses fun words from the early 20th which have since gone out of style.......more