Financial Markets Culture
Explore the raw culture of financial markets with the books that define Wall Street. From classic trading tales like Reminiscences of a Stock Operator to the corporate warfare of Barbarians at the Gate and the insight of Liar's Poker, this curated reading list covers the mindset, excess, and history of high finance.
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Barbarians at the Gate
by Bryan Burrough
"Barbarians at the Gate" is the classic account of the defining takeover in Wall Street merger history. The authors' gripping record of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street, in fall of 1988, gives a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era.
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Den of Thieves
by James B. Stewart
How four men--Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, Dennis Levine--"nearly destroyed Wall Street ... how they made billions and how they got caught."
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
by Edwin Lefèvre
Based on interviews with trader Jesse Livermore, called Larry Livingston in the book.
