{"product_id":"flash-boys-a-wall-street-revolt-9780393244663","title":"Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFlash Boys\u003c\/em\u003e is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post-financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they come to this realization separately; but after they discover one another, the flash boys band together and set out to reform the financial markets. This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency trading--source of the most intractable problems--will have no advantage whatsoever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe characters in \u003cem\u003eFlash Boys\u003c\/em\u003e are fabulous, each completely different from what you think of when you think \"Wall Street guy.\" Several have walked away from jobs in the financial sector that paid them millions of dollars a year. From their new vantage point they investigate the big banks, the world's stock exchanges, and high-frequency trading firms as they have never been investigated, and expose the many strange new ways that Wall Street generates profits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe light that Lewis shines into the darkest corners of the financial world may not be good for your blood pressure, because if you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. But in the end, \u003cem\u003eFlash Boys\u003c\/em\u003e is an uplifting read. Here are people who have somehow preserved a moral sense in an environment where you don't get paid for that; they have perceived an institutionalized injustice and are willing to go to war to fix it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393244663\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2014 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/21\/2014 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2014 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2014 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/10\/2014 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 662\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLewis, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e is the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Blind Side\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Undoing Project\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Risk\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Michael Lewis \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47792859611293,"sku":"9780393244663","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_22d2d5e9-7bf4-4406-9835-99020d9b065c.jpg?v=1774983627","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/flash-boys-a-wall-street-revolt-9780393244663","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}