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Last Man Standing

Disciplines:
biography
finance
business history

Summary

Duff McDonald's 2009 biography of Jamie Dimon, tracing his rise from Sandy Weill's protégé to CEO of JPMorgan Chase through the 2008 financial crisis.

Core Contribution

Provides the definitive narrative account of Dimon's management philosophy and JPMorgan's decision-making during the 2008 crisis, making it the primary source for understanding Dimon's contrarian discipline under pressure.

Historical Influences

Duff McDonald

Intellectual Lineage

Business Biography Tradition Financial Crisis JournalismAmerican Executive Biography

Allied Works

Too Big to Fail The Big Short House of CardsIn Fed We TrustThe Lost Bank

Contemporaries & Peers

Too Big to Fail The Big Short House of CardsIn Fed We Trust

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Intellectual Posterity

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