Black Edge by Sheelah Kolhatkar
But even as the company bearing his name pled guilty, Cohen himself was never charged, and is free to start trading publicly again from January 2018. Black Edge offers a revelatory look at the grey zone in which so much of Wall Street functions, and a window into the transformation of the worldwide economy.
A prodigious feat of reporting * Malcolm Gladwell *
A tour de force of groundbreaking reporting and brilliant storytelling, a revealing inside account of how the Feds track a high-profile target—and, just as important, an unsettling portrayal of how Wall Street works today -- Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times bestselling author of AMERICAN HEIRESS
Black Edge is not just a work of major importance, it is also addictively readable—and horrifyingly compelling. Sheelah Kolhatkar pulls back the curtain on the cheating, corruption, and skulduggery that underlie large swaths of the hedge fund industry and some of Wall Street’s most fabled fortunes. This book is as hard to put down as it is to stomach. -- Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of DARK MONEY
If you liked James B. Stewart’s Den of Thieves, Sheelah Kolhatkar’s thrilling Black Edge should be next on your reading list. * The Wall Street Journal *
A richly reported, entertaining tale about the cat-and-mouse game between the government and Cohen. -- Andrew Ross Sorkin * The New York Times Book Review *
A lot of people do not trust Wall Street. They regard it as a moneymaking machine for those who work there, which has little interest in practice in its stated aim of channelling capital into businesses and helping them to grow for the broader benefit of society. For such sceptics, Steven Cohen is Exhibit A. -- John Gapper * Financial Times *
A modern version of Moby-Dick, with wiretaps rather than harpoons. -- Jennifer Senior * The New York Times *
Excellent * The Economist *
Fast-paced and filled with twists, Black Edge has the grip of a thrillerIt is also an essential exposé of our times—a work that reveals the deep rot in our financial system. Everyone should read this book.
A tour de force of groundbreaking reporting and brilliant storytelling, a revealing inside account of how the Feds track a high-profile target—and, just as important, an unsettling portrayal of how Wall Street works today -- Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times bestselling author of AMERICAN HEIRESS
Black Edge is a real-life thriller about the government’s attempt to get the legendary trader Steve Cohen on insider trading charges—and the lengths to which he goes to elude them. Using deep reporting and top-notch storytelling, Sheelah Kolhatkar is able to shed new light on one of the least known and most fascinating characters on Wall Street.
-- Bethany McLean, co-author of THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOMBlack Edge is not just a work of major importance, it is also addictively readable—and horrifyingly compelling. Sheelah Kolhatkar pulls back the curtain on the cheating, corruption, and skulduggery that underlie large swaths of the hedge fund industry and some of Wall Street’s most fabled fortunes. This book is as hard to put down as it is to stomach. -- Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of DARK MONEY
If you liked James B. Stewart’s Den of Thieves, Sheelah Kolhatkar’s thrilling Black Edge should be next on your reading list. * The Wall Street Journal *
A richly reported, entertaining tale about the cat-and-mouse game between the government and Cohen. -- Andrew Ross Sorkin * The New York Times Book Review *
A lot of people do not trust Wall Street. They regard it as a moneymaking machine for those who work there, which has little interest in practice in its stated aim of channelling capital into businesses and helping them to grow for the broader benefit of society. For such sceptics, Steven Cohen is Exhibit A. -- John Gapper * Financial Times *
A modern version of Moby-Dick, with wiretaps rather than harpoons. -- Jennifer Senior * The New York Times *
Excellent * The Economist *
Sheelah Kolhatkar is a former hedge fund analyst and staff writer at The New Yorker, where she writes about Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and politics, among other things. She has appeared as a speaker and commentator on business and economics issues at conferences and on broadcast outlets including CNBC, Bloomberg Television, Charlie Rose, PBS NewsHour, WNYC and NPR. Her writing has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, New York, The Atlantic, The New York Times and other publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753552230 |
| ISBN 10 | 075355223X |
| Title | Black Edge |
| Author | Sheelah Kolhatkar |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2017 (UK) |
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