Flash boys a Wall Street revolt

"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 re...

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Main Author: Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014
Edition:First edition.
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300 |a 274 pages ;  |c 25 cm 
505 0 |a Introduction: windows on the world -- Hidden in plain sight -- Brad's problem -- Ronan's problem -- Tracking the predator -- Putting a face on HFT -- How to take billions from Wall Street -- An army of one -- The spider and the fly -- Epilogue: riding the Wall Street trail. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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650 0 |a Stockbrokers  |z United States. 
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