Bernard Baruch was a self-made millionaire, legendary stock trader, and venture investor. For most of the first half of the 20th century, he epitomized the âgood sideâ of Wall Street in the public mind. Celebrated as âAdviser to Presidentsâ and âThe Park Bench Statesman,â he also became known as âThe Man Who Sold out before the Crash.â James Grant âs much praised biography draws on a wealth of previously untapped material.
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James Grant , a widely read author and media figure, is the founder and editor of Grantâs Interest Rate Observer. He also writes for The Wall Street Journal and other major media and appears on "60 Minutes" and other television shows.