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Origins of the Crash: The Great Bubble and Its Undoing
by Roger Lowenstein
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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The financial crisis part 1 
This is a must read for the financially trying times we currently live thru.Even though the book is a couple of years old it is still current. Reccommended to me by a financial analyst during a flight layover afer telling a few war stories, "origins" sums up exactly what the title says.
As someone who once consulted for Enron and have lived thru numerous corporate financial audits,this book is a must read for someone who is trying to understand the complex financial system we have created for... more info
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A "Bitter" Book 
I had an extremely favorable impression of Lowenstein's books, having gone through the classic "When Genius Failed" as well as "Buffett". After having read this, though, I fear to say that I'm pretty disappointed.
As some other reviewers have pointed out, the book is pretty detailed, with the exception of a few bloopers. However, I couldn't fail to notice a sense of personal vendetta emanating from each page. Someone seems to have lost a bundle during the Dot Com bust.
Among other shortcomings,... more info
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Now I Know Why I Lost All That Money!
During the 2000-2002 time period, I lost a large portion of my retirement in the stock market. Painful as it may be, I now know why I lost all that money after reading the book.
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Origins doesn't live up to "When Genius Failed" 
Loved when Genius Failed -- this felt like a grasp at that genius, but a disappointing one. Some is just factually wrong (i.e. portfolios are too risky -- need to factor in bonds and risk-deferral products) and some is just uninteresting. A "fine" overview of the stock market run-up to 2001, but there are better treatments of the subject
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