How Insiders Rigged the US Economy (James B. Stewart)
Imagine the greatest bank heist in human history, executed entirely without ski masks or getaway cars—just spreadsheets, rotary phones, and a financial instrument that rewrote the rules of Wall Street. Today, we break down the origins of the 1980s insider trading scandal through James B. Stewart’s Pulitzer-winning book, Den of Thieves. Discover how Michael Milken used an ignored piece of academic research to create the junk bond empire and fundamentally change modern capitalism.
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