One of the books that I have stashed away somewhere yet to read is Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis. It’s a fairly old book which may be outdated now with the problems that have happened in the last year and a bit.
Anyway, there’s an excellent read (pretty long in on screen reading terms) written by Michael Lewis on Portfolio.com. It has a good look at the complete scam that has been banking and the unravelling of it.
I’d really recommend everyone to have a read through this story, it will take a while though well and truly worth it.