All the Devils Are Here
All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis is a nonfiction book by authors Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera about the 2008 financial crisis. It details how the 2008 financial crisis spawned from a volatile, and bipartisan, mixture of government meddling and laissez-faire. It concludes that the episode was not an accident, and that banks understood the big picture before the crisis happened but continued with bad practices nevertheless.
The title
The title of the book comes from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, in which he wrote "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here".Notable people in the book
- Angelo Mozilo
- Roland Arnall
- Maurice R. Greenberg
- Stan O'Neal
- Lloyd Blankfein
- Franklin Raines
- Brian Clarkson
- Alan Greenspan
Reviews
- Seeking Alpha
- Seattle PI
- Business Pundit
- Business Week
- New York Times
- INC.com
- Huffington Post
- Washington Post
- ''Forbes''