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Gretchen Morgenson, who has written extensively on the mortgage meltdown (including lots of coverage on Countrywide), is out with a new book, "Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon." She'll be in conversation with former LAT columnist James Flanigan on Thursday June 9 as part of the Drucker Business Forum series. Breakfast is from 7:45-8:30 a.m. at KPCC's Crawford Family Forum (474 South Raymond Avenue in Pasadena), followed by the forum from 8:30-9:30 a.m. If you would like tickets, email me at marklacter@aol.com. I just have a few left.
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.