Nor is it that strange that Michael Douglas modeled his performance after then-businessman and now-president Donald Trump.

The little details that are included, like a “bunny with a good nose” make the story vivid and authentic. There are many wrinkles and organizations, including many private firms, individuals, the US Justice Department, and the SEC.In fact, Gordon Gecko was inspired BY the real-life characters of this book: Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky. Milken unsurprisingly comes off as a grandiose, power and wealth-hungry egomaniac but still the extent of his achievement is pretty impressive.

But if this is not you, and you just want a non-tome that cuts more straightforwardly, stick with Barbarians at the Gate, or a summary, or even some articles detailing everything. That was fine, as it turns out the average reader does not need to know the terms and the ins and outs of Wall Street to thoroughly enjoy a story of lying, deceit, greed, arrogance, and incompetence. But as we're all too painfully aware, particularly in today's economy, greed and avarice continues to run amok among the investment banks, traders and law firms that make their bread on Wall Street. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. But when the line between on-screen and off begins to blur, Julien and Eli don’t have the luxury of dancing around each other anymore.

It's instructive given today's PR strategies by the White House to see how Wall Street and the business community responded to SEC investigations and indictments. Stewart is a former editor of “The Wall Street Journal” and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for his articles on the insider trading scandal of 1987. Filled with my own stories of similar dealings, I understand fully that his observations hit dead-center at the bullseye of the truth of that decade.

With an economy ravaged by post-Vietnam War and OPEC-induced inflation, high tax rates, and soaring interest rates, profits had been meager. With the right kinds of deals, they can make or break whole companies, either allowing small companies to become powerful behemoths or destroying smaller businesses with complex debt schemes. But Den of Thieves still emerges as an important read for the present-day observer wondering what's wrong with the culture on Wall Street. The fraudulent activities were striking, but the continuing claims of innocence by some of the major players was the most disturbing.Change country: -Select- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. Stewart, a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal while Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken and company plundered millions from junk bonds and selling secrets of financial transactions during the Decade of Greed — this is just limited to the 1980s? A lot of money is made for some, a lot of money is lost for others, and a very interesting story of finance, ethics, and the law unfolds.

Whatever the genre, her stories feature imperfect people stumbling around, tripping over trouble and falling in love. From here the narrative ascends through ever more complex intrigues until it arrives at the mountaintop of million-dollar deals carried out by Michael Milken. Instead, it was compared to the Salk Vaccine (a disastrous implementation of an anti-polio vaccine a generation earlier. It isn't long before they find themselves kneeling before Jean-Francois (J-F) Thiland, the king of the Parisian thieves. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

Stewart makes their activities as clear as possible, explaining how the seemingly benign sweetheart deals the bankers arranged for each other fit into their larger plans. Wall Street recklessness continues unabated today, and the major players of the scandal are out of jail following all-too-short prison terms, given the magnitude of their crimes. Levine, a Baruch College graduate from Queens whose dream it was simply to beat the system any way he could. A helpful and/or enlightening book that, in addition to meeting the highest standards in all pertinent aspects, stands out even among the best.