Something for Nothing: Arbitrage and Ethics on Wall Street

by Maureen O'Hara

Book Overview

In 2001, Goldman Sachs structured a complex financial contract so that its client, the government of Greece, would appear to have far less debt than it actually did. When news of this transaction came out years later, the inevitable question arose: Even though Goldman's actions were legal, were they ethically wrong? Is modern finance itself inherently unethical?

In Something for Nothing, financial economist Maureen O'Hara explains that one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393285510
• ISBN13: 9780393285512
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"