{"product_id":"the-fix-how-bankers-lied-cheated-and-colluded-to-rig-the-worlds-most-important-number-9781118995723","title":"The Fix: How Bankers Lied, Cheated and Colluded to Rig the World's Most Important Number","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The first thing you think is where's the edge, where can I make a bit more money, how can I push, push the boundaries. But the point is, you are greedy, you want every little bit of money that you can possibly get because, like I say, that is how you are judged, that is your performance metric\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTom Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the midst of the financial crisis, Tom Hayes and his network of traders and brokers from Wall Street's leading firms set to work engineering the biggest financial conspiracy ever seen. As the rest of the world burned, they came together on secret chat rooms and late night phone calls to hatch an audacious plan to rig Libor, the 'world's most important number' and the basis for $350 trillion of securities from mortgages to loans to derivatives. Without the persistence of a rag-tag team of investigators from the U.S., they would have got away with it....\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fix\u003c\/i\u003e by award-winning Bloomberg journalists Liam Vaughan and Gavin Finch, is the inside story of the Libor scandal, told through the journey of the man at the centre of it: a young, scruffy, socially awkward misfit from England whose genius for math and obsessive personality made him a trading phenomenon, but ultimately paved the way for his own downfall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on hundreds of interviews, and unprecedented access to the traders and brokers involved, and the investigators who caught up with them, \u003ci\u003eThe Fix\u003c\/i\u003e provides a rare look into the dark heart of global finance at the start of the 21st Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liam Vaughan,Gavin Finch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118995723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIAM VAUGHAN\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGAVIN FINCH\u003c\/b\u003e write about financial crime for \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBusinessweek\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. In 2013, they uncovered a global conspiracy to manipulate the $5 trillion a day foreign exchange market, sparking investigations on three continents that to date have resulted in $10 billion in fines for banks including JPMorgan, Barclays and UBS.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2014, they were awarded the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for excellence in business journalism and the Harold Wincott prize for the best financial journalism of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44025357402227,"sku":"9.78112E+12","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_927d45c7-d1ff-428b-b1af-6582c1d35e4c.jpg?v=1761310459","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-fix-how-bankers-lied-cheated-and-colluded-to-rig-the-worlds-most-important-number-9781118995723","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}