Charles R. Morris Explained

Charles R. Morris
Birth Name:Charles Richard Morris
Birth Date:23 October 1939
Birth Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
Death Place:Hampton, New Hampshire, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania Law School
Spouse:Beverly Gilligan
Children:3

Charles Richard Morris (October 23, 1939 – December 13, 2021) was an American lawyer, banker, and author. He wrote fifteen books, and was a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic Monthly.

Personal life

Morris was born in Oakland, California. His father Charles B. Morris worked as a technician in an ink factory, and his mother Mildred was a housewife. Morris attended the Mother of the Savior Seminary in Blackwood, New Jersey,[1] and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1963.[2]

Morris married Beverly Gilligan Morris and they had three children.[3]

Career

After graduation, Morris decided to work for the New Jersey state government, serving as director of the office of economic opportunity from 1965 to 1969. He then moved to the New York City government, where he worked as assistant budget director and welfare director. He simultaneously studied at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, graduating in 1972. With his experience, he was hired by the state of Washington as secretary of social health services. Morris worked in the government for 12 years in total.

After leaving the government, Morris worked as a vice president for international finance at Chase Manhattan Bank. While in this job, Morris drew on his city government experience to publish his first book, The Cost of Good Intentions: New York City and the Liberal Experiment (1981). After moving to other areas of the Corporate Banking group, Morris left and worked for fifteen years as Managing Director of Devonshire Partners, a financial technology consulting firm.

Morris wrote Computer Wars: The Fall of IBM and the Future of Western Technology (1993) in collaboration with computer consultant Charles H. Ferguson. When Ferguson cofounded the financial software startup company CapitalThinking Inc. in 1999, Morris soon became vice president for Finance and Administration.[4] Around August 2000, Morris was named Chief Operating Officer.[5] By November 2001, he also served as President of the company.[6] Morris remained with the company until 2004; its business allowed him to see the rise of credit derivative trading, leading to his Meltdown books.

Death

Morris died from complications of dementia in Hampton, New Hampshire, on December 13, 2021, at age 82, the same day as one of his siblings.

Awards

Book: Morris. Charles R.. The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash. registration. 2008. PublicAffairs. 978-1-58648-563-4. [7]

Books

Film

Morris appears in the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary film Inside Job.

Notes and References

  1. News: Roberts. Sam. December 13, 2021. Charles R. Morris, Iconoclastic Author on Economics, Dies at 82. The New York Times. subscription. December 13, 2021.
  2. Hill. Miriam. October 17, 2011. No Meltdowns for Morris as a Writer or Investor. Penn Law Journal. 46. 2. 41–2.
  3. Book: Morris, Charles. American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church. Vintage Books. 1997. 9780307797919. New York City. x.
  4. Web site: About Us. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20000407214936/http://www.capitalthinking.com/borrower/aboutus/index.jhtml#Morris. April 7, 2000. CapitalThinking.
  5. Web site: About Us – The people. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20000819192234/http://www.capitalthinking.com/borrower/aboutus/people.jhtml#Morris. August 19, 2000. CapitalThinking.
  6. Web site: About Us. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20011101080419/http://www.capitalthinking.com/leadership/index.html#morris. November 1, 2001. CapitalThinking.
  7. Web site: Loeb Winners . June 29, 2009 . . February 1, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190202154558/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2009/loeb-winners . February 2, 2019 . dead.
  8. News: Mihm. Stephen. April 21, 2017. What Caused the Depression? A New Overview Spreads the Blame.. en-US. The New York Times. December 16, 2021. 0362-4331.
  9. Book: Morris, Charles R.. Comeback : America's new economic boom. 2013. 978-1-61039-336-2. First. New York. 823044786.
  10. Book: COMEBACK Kirkus Reviews. 2013. en.
  11. Dylla. H. Frederick. 2014. The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution, Charles R. Morris, PublicAffairs, 2012. $28.99 (384 pp.). ISBN 978-1-58648-828-4. Physics Today. en. 67. 5. 51. 10.1063/PT.3.2384. 0031-9228.
  12. Web site: August 5, 2009. The Sages: Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker and the Maelstrom of Markets. December 16, 2021. The Barnes & Noble Review.
  13. News: April 17, 2009. A Beast Bred on Wall Street. Business Week. January 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175531/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_17/b4081125345847.htm. January 5, 2010.
  14. Web site: Fitzgerald. Michael. October 9, 2008. The 2 Trillion Dollar Meltdown Man. December 16, 2021. www.cbsnews.com. en-US.
  15. News: Heart and Soul . The New York Times . Pauline W. . Chen . October 28, 2007 . April 28, 2010.
  16. News: Buchholz. Todd G.. October 2, 2005. 'The Tycoons': Benefactors of Great Wealth. en-US. The New York Times. December 16, 2021. 0362-4331.
  17. Web site: Samuelson. Robert J.. November 14, 1999. Is the Party Over?. live. December 16, 2021. archive.nytimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929202800/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/11/14/reviews/991114.14samuelt.html . September 29, 2020 .
  18. News: Krugman. Paul. October 20, 1996. Demographics and Destiny. en-US. The New York Times. December 16, 2021. 0362-4331.
  19. Book: Ferguson. Charles H.. Computer wars: the fall of IBM and the future of global technology. Morris. Charles R.. Times Books. 1993. 0-8129-2300-6. 1st. New York. 29611938.
  20. Book: COMPUTER WARS Kirkus Reviews. 1992. en.
  21. Book: Morris, Charles R.. The coming global boom : how to benefit now from tomorrow's dynamic world economy. 1990. Bantam Books. 0-553-05898-3. New York. 20992990.
  22. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: Iron Destinies, Lost Opportunities: The Arms Race Between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., 1945–1987 by Charles R. Morris, Author HarperCollins Publishers $22.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0-06-039082-2. December 16, 2021 . Publishers Weekly . en.
  23. News: Kinsley. Michael. March 25, 1984. Moralism, Pragmatism and Irrationality. en-US. The New York Times. December 16, 2021. 0362-4331.
  24. News: Lehmann-Haupt. Christopher. July 24, 1980. Books of The Times. The New York Times. April 28, 2010.

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