The Billionaire Shell Game - L.J. Davis

[dcollon]

[amazonsearch]The Billionaire Shell Game: How Cable Baron John Malone and Assorted Corporate Titans Invented a Future Nobody Wanted[/amazonsearch]

 

This was a great read if you are interested in John Malone or the history of the cable industry.  L.J. Davis is a good story teller and highlights all the "big" players in the cable / telecom industry in the 70's, 80's, & 90's. 

 

 

[merkhet]

Better than Cable Cowboys?

[dcollon]

merkhet,

 

I didn't like it as much as Cable Cowboys, since that was mostly about John Malone and I'm a huge John Malone fan.  However, it highlighted a lot of the other players in the business during that time frame and how they all interacted, which was interesting to read. 

 

[merkhet]

Cool. Thanks for the rec.

[Liberty]

The title makes it sound highly critical and kind of anti-business. Is it just the title, or is that the overall tone of the book?

[dcollon]

No, I didn't find it highly critical of business.

[Liberty]

Ok, thanks. The "...future nobody wanted" part made it sound a bit too Michael Moore-ish for my taste :)