“Fink recounts his history in elegant prose that is impressively free of jargon. Events have made Fink's book very timely indeed.”
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“Few people know as much about mutual funds as Matthew P. Fink.”
Money Management Executive
Times Literary Supplement
“This book fills a large gap in the chronicles of modern United States financial history. Fink writes in an entertaining and eminently readable style. The book should be of great interest to all those interested in understanding the evolution of the United States and global securities markets.”
“Mr. Fink's book is worth the time of anyone who is an investor in mutual funds, regulators, industry members, legislators, and policy makers interested in the of financial services — especially today.”
“Matthew Fink offers profound insights into the U.S. funds industry.”
“Matthew P. Fink's book is quite interesting and useful.”
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch.com
“This book will prove a valuable resource for legislators as they attempt to make sense of the global credit crisis that began in 2007.”
“Fink presents information that will be useful to academic researchers, lawmakers, and government regulators.”
Harvard Business History Review
“The fine sweep of this little history is worth a place on the bedside reading stand, not only of industry specialists but also of students of economic philosophy. This is because the author shows how clever people converted the vague dreams of economic philosophers into reality, not by revolution but by evolution …”
Donald C. Willeke,
Cambridge Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
The Unlikely Reformer:
Carter Glass and Financial Regulation
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The Rise of Mutual Funds:
An Insider's View
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“At long last, Matthew Fink brings us the biography we have been waiting for. Fink gives us a rollicking ride with one of the most improbable—and colorful—American politicians of the Twentieth Century.”
Roger Lowenstein, author, America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve
“The book provides wonderful historical insight into how the Glass-Steagall Act came into being. Many observers believe that repeal of the Act in 1999 was one of the major causes of the 2008 financial crisis.”
Former-Senator Ted Kaufman (D-Delaware)
Talks / Presentations
“Students of American financial history know well the Glass-Steagall Act (1933), which established a regulatory firewall between commercial and investment banking in the wake of the Great Depression. But some may not realize that its major architect—Virginia senator Carter Glass—also helped design the Federal Reserve System (Fed) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Matthew P. Fink’s compact, well-written biography of a master politician shows how Glass’s ability to compromise helped him make his mark on American finance.”
Jenny Bourne, Journal of Southern History
“Matthew P. Fink’s The Unlikely Reformer reminds us that once upon a time there existed white Democrats in the American South who dominated the region’s politics and constituted an important block in that party’s progressive wing from the Woodrow Wilson era through World War II.”
Michael E. Parrish, Journal of American History
