Beginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington's culture of power and plutocracy. It's the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, to stop sto…
Lobbyist, White House Lawyer, and Senate Aide on the Power of America's Plutocracy to Avoid Prosecution and Subvert Financial Reform Beginning in January 2009, THE PAYOFF lays bare Washington's culture of power and plutocracy. It's the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senat…
Beginning in January 2009, The Payoff lays bare Washington's culture of power and plutocracy. It's the story of the twenty-month struggle by Senator Ted Kaufman and Jeff Connaughton, his chief of staff, to hold Wall Street executives accountable for securities fraud, to stop sto…
A revelatory history of Goldman Sachs.
A revelatory history of Goldman Sachs.
Reveals how Goldman Sachs has survived financial crises, government investigations, and lawsuits to keep its reputation intact and become one of the most profitable and powerful investment banks in the world.
"For much of its storied 142-year history, Goldman Sachs has projected an image of being better than its competitors--smarter, more collegial, more ethical, and far more profitable. The firm--buttressed by the most aggressive and sophisticated PR machine in the financial industr…
Reveals the unsettling changes that prompted the author to resign from the once-esteemed investment bank, as he discusses his growing disenchantment with the company's corporate culture and its exploitation of its clients.
Reveals the unsettling changes that prompted the author to resign from the once-esteemed investment bank, as he discusses his growing disenchantment with the company's corporate culture and its exploitation of its clients.
Reveals the unsettling changes that prompted the author to resign from the once-esteemed investment bank, as he discusses his growing disenchantment with the company's corporate culture and its exploitation of its clients.
Reveals the unsettling changes that prompted the author to resign from the once-esteemed investment bank, as he discusses his growing disenchantment with the company's corporate culture and its exploitation of its clients.
Reveals the unsettling changes that prompted the author to resign from the once-esteemed investment bank, as he discusses his growing disenchantment with the company's corporate culture and its exploitation of its clients.
Reveals the unsettling changes that prompted the author to resign from the once-esteemed investment bank, as he discusses his growing disenchantment with the company's corporate culture and its exploitation of its clients.
Reveals the unsettling changes that prompted the author to resign from the once-esteemed investment bank, as he discusses his growing disenchantment with the company's corporate culture and its exploitation of its clients.
Financial collapses - whether of the junk bond market, the Internet bubble, or the highly leveraged housing market - are often explained as the inevitable result of market cycles: What goes up must come down. In Liquidated, Karen Ho punctures the aura of the abstract, all-powerf…
Anthropology goes to Wall Street -- Biographies of hegemony : the culture of smartness and the recruitment and construction of investment bankers -- Wall Street's orientation : exploitation, empowerment, and the politics of hard work -- Wall Street historiographies and the share…
