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Flash Boys
Michael Lewis
A Wall Street Revolt
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Flash Boys (2014) is an investigation into the dark underbelly of the US financial markets. It also chronicles the birth of a new stock exchange, the IEX, created to counteract a rigged system that was facilitated by technological loopholes and a lack of transparency.
About the author
Michael Lewis is an investigative journalist and author who has published fifteen nonfiction books, eight of which were national best sellers in the United States. In 2011, Lewis’s book Moneyball was turned into a major film starring Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Who might enjoy this content?
- Anyone who’s ever invested in the stock market
- People interested in stories of financial corruption
- Fans of underdogs who fight the system