Rethinking knowledge now that the facts arent the facts, experts are everywhere, and the smartest person in the room is the room. This is also what happened in the period leading up to the 2008 great financial crisis. The definitive volume on enrons amazing rise and scandalous fall, from an awardwinning team of fortune investigative reporters. The smartest guys in the room by bethany mclean, peter elkind.
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