Michael Lewis’s game-changing bestseller is now available in Encore at a great low price.
A small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the US stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together―some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries―to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you.
Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Undoing Project, Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and The Big Short, among other works, lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children.
Dylan Baker's films include Happiness, Along Came A Spider, and 13 Days. He starred on the TV series Feds and Murder One. Mr. Baker's theater credits include La Bete (Tony & Drama Desk nominations), Eastern Standard (Theatre World Award), and Not About Heroes (Obie Award).
Date of Birth:
October 15, 1960
Place of Birth:
New Orleans, LA
Education:
Princeton University, B.A. in Art History, 1982; London School of Economics, 1985
Table of Contents
Introduction: Windows on the World 1
Chapter 1 Hidden in Plain Sight 7
Chapter 2 Brad's Problem 23
Chapter 3 Ronan's Problem 56
Chapter 4 Tracking the Predator 89
Chapter 5 Putting a Face on HFT 128
Chapter 6 How to Take Billions from Wall Street 151
Chapter 7 An Army of One 193
Chapter 8 The Spider and the Fly 244
Epilogue: Riding the Wall Street Trail 261
Afterword: How Dare You Say That the Stock Market Is Rigged! 273
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