JPMorgan Chase

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The surviving Morgan house and its Chase and Chemical antecedents; most of the literature is either dynastic history or crisis reporting.

8 books · 4 people behind it

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  1. Last Man Standing: The Ascent of Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan ChaseDuff McDonald, 2009
  2. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern FinanceRon Chernow, 1990
  3. Fool's GoldGillian Tett, 2009

The people behind it 4

Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.

Journalists 4

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Ron Chernow1 book here
FL
Frederick Lewis Allen1 book here
GT
Gillian Tett1 book here
Andrew Ross Sorkinnamed in their tags

Books 8

Jean Strouse · 1999 · The definitive Pierpont Morgan biography, complementing Chernow's house history.
Gillian Tett · 2009 · The J.P. Morgan derivatives team that built the modern credit swap.
Frederick Lewis Allen · 1949 · The short classic account, written while the memory was still live.
David Rockefeller · 2002 · Insider account of Chase Manhattan, the other half of the merged bank.
Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr · 2007 · Morgan acting as lender of last resort before there was a Fed.