{"product_id":"the-asylum-9780061766282","title":"The Asylum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Asylum\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning expos  by a seasoned Wall Street journalist that once and for all reveals the truth behind America's oil addiction in all its unscripted and dysfunctional glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of \u003cem\u003eToo Big to Fail\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/em\u003e, author Leah McGrath Goodman tells the amazing-but-true story of a band of struggling, hardscrabble traders who, after enduring decades of scorn from New York's stuffy financial establishment, overcame more than a century of failure, infighting, and brinksmanship to build the world's reigning oil empire--entirely by accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodman, Leah McGrath:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAn award-winning investigative journalist, Leah McGrath Goodman has written for \u003cem\u003eForbes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFortune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBarron's\u003c\/em\u003e in New York and London. A member of The London Speaker Bureau and writer-at-large for \u003cem\u003eInstitutional Investor\u003c\/em\u003e, she splits her time between New York, the U.K., and her home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where she is a contributor for \u003cem\u003eThe Commons\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409460990226,"sku":"9780061766282","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5c8eb15-b0ee-41e5-bdc0-4bce1fb0069c.jpg?v=1729288054","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-asylum-9780061766282","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}