'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
CONTRIBUTORS: Kevin RooseEAN: 9781473611610COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 232 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: John Murray PressDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / GeneralWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
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Biography: business and industry, International business
Roose's book is like a 21st-century Der Struwwelpeter, a cautionary tale for the young and gifted, An excellent book . . . asks a serious and important question: is this really the best use we can make of our brightest young people, to turn them into conformist drones who will mock anyone who turns up at the office in slightly too colourful a tie
Kevin Roose is a technology columnist for The New York Times and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. He is the New York Times bestselling author of two books, Young Money and The Unlikely Disciple. He has been named in Forbes' "30 Under 30" and his work has been featured in The Best Business Writing, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn.
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'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
CONTRIBUTORS: Kevin RooseEAN: 9781473611610COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 232 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: John Murray PressDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Communication / GeneralWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Biography: business and industry, International business
Kevin Roose is a technology columnist for The New York Times and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. He is the New York Times bestselling author of two books, Young Money and The Unlikely Disciple. He has been named in Forbes' "30 Under 30" and his work has been featured in The Best Business Writing, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn.
I was truly blessed to hear this book read aloud by the author herself. As a teacher, I have to give Refiloe five stars as she held those six year old's in the palm of her hand. If any of you know children, you know they have the concentration of a flea! The children, however, were spellbound, for just under a hour. When I reflected back on how successful the author's visit was I realized, it was the content of the book that captured their hearts. Every child could relate to one or other theme that was addressed in this beautifully illustrated book. If truth be told, it was also magnificently presented. Refiloe is a dynamic orator. Many more schools need to have her books on their library shelves and allow her to grace them with her presence.