Robert Teitelman

Robert Teitelman was the founding editor-in-chief of The Deal and a former editor of Institutional Investor magazine. He is also the author of two books Gene Dreams: Wall Street, Academia and the Rise of Biotechnology and Profits of Science: The American Marriage of Science and technology.

Book Reviews by Robert Teitelman

Image of The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath
Author(s):
Ben S. Bernanke
Genre(s):
Political, Government, Finance, Economics

The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath

November 16, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Robert Teitelman

Seven years after the cataclysmic events of fall 2008, when the global financial system all but melted away, we have the testimony of the last of the key decision-makers during that crisis: then-Fe

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Image of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters
Author(s):
Walter Friedman
Genre(s):
Economics, History

Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters

December 4, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Robert Teitelman

“. . . imagine the Google ad: BIG DATA. BETTER THAN GUESSING.”

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Image of Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World
Author(s):
Adam LeBor
Genre(s):
Business, Investing & Economics, International, Business, Investing & Economics, International, Business, Investing & Economics, International, Business, Investing & Economics, International

Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World

May 23, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Robert Teitelman

“Is the BIS a secret power? If so, it disguises it well.”

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Image of The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets Since the Depression
Author(s):
Angus Burgin
Genre(s):
U.S., 20th Century, U.S., 20th Century, U.S., 20th Century

The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets Since the Depression

November 25, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Robert Teitelman

“Mr. Burgin insists that the free-market era has still not ended, despite the market meltdown . . . Capitalism survives.”

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Image of The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy
Author(s):
Thomas K. McCraw
Genre(s):
Finance, History, Finance, History, History, Finance, Finance, History

The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy

October 9, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Robert Teitelman

“If [Hamilton and Gallatin] had not appeared, it’s arguable whether the Constitution would have ever been written and approved . . .”

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