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Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
Maybe someday
45
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
22/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Scott Patterson
Publisher:
Scribner
Date:
June 6, 2023
Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a deep dive into the world of billion-dollar traders and high-stakes crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls.
What The Reviewers Say
Even those unfamiliar with, or uninterested in, the oscillations of the stock market may find themselves gripped by Patterson’s account.
Scott Patterson... casts an engaging and accessible light on what makes these oddball savants tick, and how they make fortunes from disaster.
Throughout, the author provides deft, accessible analysis and guidance. Complex economic and scientific theories lucidly rendered, even if the resulting picture is unremittingly gloomy..
An illuminating investigation into those who profit from anticipating crises.
