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  • A Wall Street Revolt
  • Written by: Michael Lewis
  • Narrated by: Dylan Baker
  • Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (237 ratings)

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Written by: Michael Lewis
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
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Publisher's Summary

2015 Audie Award Finalist for Non-Fiction

From the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Liar's Poker and "one of the country's most popular business journalists" (The New York Times) Michael Lewis, comes an engaging new book about Wall Street.

Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of Boomerang, The Big Short, The Blind Side, Moneyball, and many others, returns to the financial world to give listeners a ringside seat as the biggest news story in years prepares to hit Wall Street.

©2014 Michael Lewis (P)2014 Simon & Schuster

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Truth is stranger than fiction

A fantastic story. The combination of technology, ambition, creativity and crazy individuals is woven into a fantastic tale. As a financial market participant and a former telecommunications engineer I found this to be the most compelling non-fiction story I have read in the past decade. Recommended.

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Great read, more twists than I expected

This book does a good job of covering HFT from multiple angles - eg from the infrastructure to dark pools and public exchanges. It wasn’t what I expected in that I thought it would cover the actual HFT firms in more detail, but I appreciated the story. I’ve come out a lot more informed as to how markets work.

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Michael Lewis at it again

I couldn't stop listening to this book. finished it in 2 days. Great story that shows greed, ethical conflicts, and braisen stupidity

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Don't sleep on this story.

This is one of those things that the general public would be better off having far more knowledge of than most do. This book was great for communicating to the financial layman. Fantastic work Michael.

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Michael Lewis does it again

Turning complex machinations into clear, compelling English, Michael Lewis explains, basically, Wall Street in the early 21st Century.

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A completely fraudulent system

Best book to understand modern financial markets. This book convinced me even more than The Big Short that we are in a completely fraudulent system.

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Goldmine of information

Great listen. Totally recommend it. It's kind of stuff you don't get to learn in finance textbooks.

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