The Man Who Crashed The World

That's the title of a great new article in Vanity Fair that delves into the collapse of AIG, and the man who many feel is responsible for taking down the insurance giant.

The article starts:

Almost a year after A.I.G.’s collapse, despite a tidal wave of outrage, there still has been no clear explanation of what toppled the insurance giant. The author decides to ask the people involved—the silent, shell-shocked traders of the A.I.G. Financial Products unit—and finds that the story may have a villain, whose reign of terror over 400 employees brought the company, the U.S. economy, and the global financial system to their knees.

By Michael Lewis August 2009

You can read the rest of the story here, at VanityFair.com