A Rabble of Dead Money is Charles R. Morris’s fifteenth book. Other books include The Cost of Good Intentions, a New York Times selection as an “Editor’s Choice for 1980”; The Tycoons, a Barron’s Best Book of 2005; The Trillion Dollar Meltdown, winner of the 2008 Gerald Loeb Award and a New York Times bestseller; and The Dawn of Innovation, a Wall Street Journal Best Business Book of 2012. A lawyer and former banker, Mr. Morris’s articles and reviews have appeared in many publications, including the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and his books have been translated into eighteen languages. He is a fellow of the Century Foundation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.