The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise

...the most comprehensive picture yet of how the company went off the rails. The sheer accumulation of detail makes it possible for the first time to understand how Enron got away with its blend of hubris and incompetence for so long... This is more than a business story. It is also about what can happen to any institution when weak and complacent leadership allows itself to be swept along by strong vested interests and the mood of the times. Richartd Lambert, ex editor of Financial Times and member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee