Young Money
Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits
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Publisher Description
'If Martin Scorsese's film The Wolf of Wall Street is about the finance industry's greediest adults, Kevin Roose's Young Money is a look at those wolves as cubs' Amazon.com 'Best Book of the Month'
Every year, thousands of eager graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money -- as well as how to dress, talk, date, drink, and schmooze like real financiers. Young Money is the exclusive, inside story of this well-guarded world.
Investigative reporter Kevin Roose shadows eight rookies as they are exposed to the exhausting workloads, huge bonuses, and recreational drugs that have always characterized Wall Street life. But they experience something new, too: an industry forever changed by the massive financial collapse of 2008. And as they get their Wall Street educations, they face hard questions about morality, prestige, and the value of their work.
'A great new read that doubles as a post-crash update to Michael Lewis' Liar's Poker - Mother Jones
'A fun fast read that will make you laugh out loud' Fortune Magazine
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
American writer Kevin Roose—who previously wrote a book about posing as a student at an evangelical university—follows eight young Wall Street recruits, putting a human face on the post-crash financial industry. Roose writes in a conversational tone, detailing his subjects’ experiences with with cinematic verve and precision. Young Money is a great read that captures the “bizarre combination of glamour and masochism” familiar to viewers of movies like The Wolf of Wall Street, while offering easy-to-understand insights into the changing realities of the American banking world.
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