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Den of Thieves

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So, we get a bit of a different experience from a true crime or crime fiction work, but it still keeps some of that drama; ultimately, it all comes down to greed and thoughtlessness, like a lot of crime.

While Stewart assumes some level of business and financial sophistication from the reader, the story is readable and even engaging as he explores the personalities of eventual convicts like Ivan Boesky, Marty Siegel and Dennis Levine. Having re-read this book last week, it took me back to a time and a place I really didn't want to visit but found I should. And it was bound to happen eventually: some weren’t as good at keeping secrets, and some weren’t that bad to not report them.In his hands this is actually pretty riveting stuff and best of all is the access you get into the mind sets of those who committed these crimes. He now lives in New York City with his wife who, in her wedding vows, promised to \"kick serious zombie ass\" for him. You see some of the simple unrepentant scumbags you'd expect (Levine most closely fits the bill), but mostly you see more complex people. Here is the saga of four men whose quests for power nearly wreaked havoc with our securities system--and the U.

Stewart says, in the wake of these scandals: "Wall Street has given every sign of being severely chastened. One of the main characters has a resume created for himself with a hilariously straightforward summary: "Dennis describes himself as a person who truly loves to do two things: do deals and make money". James Stewart is a modern-day muckraking journalist, covering everything from malpractice to fraud and law.Each of the perpetrators has their own level of comfort with their involvement in the insider trading scheme. The first half gets pretty long and detailed about the deals, and there are a lot of characters to keep track of. No one is portrayed as evilly cackling as they count all their hundred-dollar bills, but at the same time, no one is doing good just for the sake of doing good either.

Wall Street recklessness continues unabated today, and the major players of the scandal are out of jail following all-too-short prison terms, given the magnitude of their crimes. Well, a quarter of a century before it, “ Wall Street” made the rounds from one corner to the other of the globe.

Stewart achieves this dramatic clarity by neatly dividing his book into two sections: one on the crime of insider trading and the other on the punishment. A thriving medieval city of fifty thousand people, none of whom are fundamentally even decent, and who will gleefully stab you in the back. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. Even now it is hard to grasp the magnitude and the scope of the crime that unfolded, beginning in the mid-1970s, in the nation's markets and financial institutions.

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