Hedged Out: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street

by Megan Tobias Neely

Book Overview

A former hedge fund worker takes an ethnographic approach to Wall Street to expose who wins, who loses, and why inequality endures.

Who do you think of when you imagine a hedge fund manager? A greedy fraudster, a visionary entrepreneur, a wolf of Wall Street? These tropes capture the public imagination of a successful hedge fund manager. But behind the designer suits, helicopter commutes, and illicit pursuits are the everyday stories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520307704
• ISBN13: 9780520307704
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"