Books like Dark Towers by David Enrich

Michael Lewis explains how the 2008 financial crisis unfolded, focusing on subprime mortgages, CDOs, and the people who bet against the collapsing market.

Andrew Ross Sorkin’s *Too Big to Fail* offers a documented, real‑time narrative of the 2008–2009 global financial crisis, tracing the decisions and personalities that shaped the collapse and the emergency policy responses.

A candid, semi‑autobiographical look at 1980s Wall Street, following Michael Lewis from Princeton art history student to bond salesman at Salomon Brothers, exposing the culture of greed, humor, and intense competition that defined the era.

Jordan Belfort’s memoir recounts his rise as the charismatic CEO of Stratton Oakmont, the 1990s brokerage that became a symbol of Wall Street excess, and his eventual downfall under SEC and FBI scrutiny.

Roger Lowenstein chronicles the 2008 financial collapse, tracing how easy credit, speculative mortgages, and rating agencies enabled a crisis that toppled Wall Street’s giants and reshaped U.S. economic policy.

"The United States has two separate banking systems today -- one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover emergency expenses and pay for necessities -- all thanks to deregulation that began in the 1970s and continues decades later. / In an age of corporate megabanks with trillions of dollars in assets, it is easy to forget that America's banking system was originally created as a public service. Banks have always relied on credit from the federal government, provided on favorable terms so that they could issue low-interest loans. But as banks grew in size and political influence, they shed their social contract with the American people, demanding to be treated as a private industry free from any public-serving responsibility. They abandoned less profitable, low-income customers in favor of wealthier clients and high-yield investments. Fringe lenders stepped in to fill the void. This two-tier banking system has become even more unequal since the 2008 financial crisis. /Baradaran proposes a solution: reenlisting the U.S. Post Office in its historic function of providing bank services. The post office played an important but largely forgotten role in the creation of American democracy, and it could be deployed again to level the field of financial opportunity." -- Book jacket.

Explains how Vladimir Putin and Russia hacked an American election as part of a covert operation to subvert the United States' democracy and help Donald Trump win the presidency.

American Oligarchs traces the rise of the Trump and Kushner families from immigrant beginnings to the heart of U.S. power, exposing how their business deals and political maneuvers fostered corruption and deepened inequality.

Gerald Posner’s investigative work exposes the Catholic Church’s decade‑long financial empire, detailing its wealth accumulation, corruption, and powerful ties to global banking and politics.