Business Adventures by John Brooks is a celebrated collection of twelve essays, first published in The New Yorker, chronicling the triumphs and disasters of American corporate life. Through vivid storytelling, Brooks examines iconic events such as the 1962 stock market flash crash, the spectacular failure of Ford's Edsel, the insider trading scandal at Texas Gulf Sulphur, and General Electric's price-fixing conspiracy. Blending meticulous journalism with sharp wit and human insight, the book reveals that the fundamentals of Wall Street—greed, ambition, fear, and folly—remain timeless. Famously hailed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett as the best business book ever written, it endures as essential reading on the psychology of commerce.
