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Longbringer

[TOMT] [BOOK] [Late 2010s] Book about times of critical decision making?

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I remember listening to part of an radio interview about Ben Bernanke's response to the 2008 Financial Crisis being sort of a wild guess which ended up averting an even worse disaster possible. This was one story in a book about times decisions changed the course of history of something along those lines, and I'm pretty sure came out in 2019 but can't remember for sure.

I think it was on Canadian Public Radio show, they tend to play late at night here in the northern US

Posted Jan 21, 2020, 3:23 AM UTC · edited

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njmartybrodeur303•

This sounds like the type of topic Malcolm Gladwell likes to write about. He's also Canadian, if that increases the chances it'd get covered on Canadian public radio.

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LongbringerOP•

That does sound closer, actually! Checked summaries of his books since the crash and didn't see anything that lined up exactly, but maybe I'll be recommended similar books after checking those out and find the one I'm thinking of- thanks for getting me closer!

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DaisyJaneAM1753•

Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze?

CBC Radio story

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LongbringerOP•

The timeline looks right! However, I thought the author might have been female, and the book while containing the Ben Bernanke story might have had a focus on generally high-profile decision making instead of focusing just on economics.

Though my memory is vague and may be wrong. I'm take a deeper look and report back.

Edit: I'm pretty sure this isn't the one - thanks though!

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