Burning Down the House: How Greed, Deceit, and Bitter Revenge Destroyed E.F. Hutton

by James Sterngold

An inside portrait of the rise and fall of the investment firm of E.F. Hutton chronicles the rivalry between two key players, the corruption and mismanagement that led to the company's decline, and the results of the collapse

Genres: Nonfiction, History

305 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1990

Reviews

[Topher]

I've been on a finance kick recently in my non-fiction, mostly because they're from a university library and I was on a finance kick several months ago. With the auto-renewal of books for faculty, well, they sit there, judging me until I read them all.

This was a well-written attempt at understanding exactly what went wrong at E. F. Hutton in the mid-80s. With a number of the participants not agreeing to interviews and others pointing the fingers at each other, it's tough to say what really went wrong. Found it worthwhile reading.