Finance
Den of Thieves
The insider-trading scandals that defined 1980s Wall Street.
Den of Thieves details the insider-trading scandals of the 1980s centered on figures like Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken. James B. Stewart reconstructs how a web of illegal trading enriched a handful of financiers before prosecutors unraveled it. The book is both a crime story and an indictment of an era's greed.
Founders see how unchecked ambition slides into fraud and how cutting ethical corners eventually catches up. It is a cautionary tale about the long arc of accountability and the cost of building on dishonest foundations.
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