Patterson, Scott
Summary: "There's no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, cyberattacks, political radicalization--virtually, everywhere we look there is mayhem bearing down on us, putting trillions of assets at risk. And at least two factions have formed around how to respond. In Chaos Kings, Scott Patterson depicts how one faction, led by Nassim Nicholas Taleb,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.5 PATRicketts, Joe (John Joseph)
Summary: Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, shares the epic inside story of how a working-class kid from the Nebraska prairie took on Wall Street's clubby brokerage business, busted it open, and walked away a billionaire. Joe Ricketts always had the gift of seeing what others missed. The son of a house builder, he started life as a part-time janitor, but by the age of thirty-three he saw the chance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RICKETTS, JOE RICRoose, Kevin.
Summary: A business columnist at "New York" magazine explores the secret lives of college graduates working on Wall Street in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.64 ROOSummary: Tells the riveting, behind-the-scenes story of Cantor Fitzgerald. On September 10, 2001, financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald was headquartered on the top 5 floors of the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, 658 of their 960 employees were missing, presumed dead, in the nation's worst terrorist attacks. Tells twin stories' the saga of the ravaged business and surviving employees, and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OUTLawson, Guy.
Summary: Traces the story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the manhunt for founder Sam Israel, who bet his final millions on a federal-run "secret market" society of clandestine bankers, shady European nobles, and spies tied to a mysterious cabal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.65 ISRAEL, SAMUEL LAWLewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Summary: Argues that post-crisis Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks and explains how a small, diverse group of Wall Street men have banded together to reform the financial markets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 332.6 LEWCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 LEWCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Money LewisCramer, Jim.
Summary: A tour of Wall Street also traces the life and career of the author, the co-founder of TheStreet.com and "Smart Money" magazine, from his Philadelphia childhood through his exploits as a financial journalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002