Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con ePub download
by Guy Lawson
- Author: Guy Lawson
- ISBN: 0307716074
- ISBN13: 978-0307716071
- ePub: 1743 kb | FB2: 1663 kb
- Language: English
- Category: Americas
- Publisher: Crown; 1st Edition edition (July 10, 2012)
- Pages: 368
- Rating: 4.6/5
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Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con is a 2012 non-fiction book by the Canadian author and journalist Guy Lawson. The book was published by Crown Publishing on July 10, 2012.
Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con is a 2012 non-fiction book by the Canadian author and journalist Guy Lawson. Octopus focuses on Wall Street trader Samuel Israel III, who attempted to commit hedge fund fraud by taking part in a "secret market" reported to have been run by the Federal Reserve.
Lawson found gol. his is a fantastic story, in both senses of the word, with a freshness that recalls Liars Poker
Lawson found gol. his is a fantastic story, in both senses of the word, with a freshness that recalls Liars Poker. -Bryan Burrough, New York Times Read this book to understand Wall Stree. omeone is going to Octopus into a movie. By this time next year, Lawson will have a fat dea. he reason for that is that Octopus is an incredible dark comedy with one of the craziest true-life ironic twists you can possibly imagine.
Read this book to understand Wall Stree. Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone . Bloomberg Businessweek.
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He'll talk about Sam Israel, a real life Wall Street con man. He was the target of . .For Beyond 50's "History" talks, listen to an interview with Guy Lawson. He'll talk about Sam Israel, a real life Wall Street con man. He was the target of a nationwide manhunt. Whether the "secret market" was real or a con, Israel was all in - and as the pressures mounted and increasingly sinister violence crept into his life, he struggled to break free of the Octopus' tentacles. Tune in to Beyond 50: America's Variety Talk Radio Show on the natural, holistic, green and sustainable lifestyle. Visit ww. eyond50Radio.
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Born into one of America's most illustrious trading families, Sam Israel was determined to strike out on his ow.
Born into one of America's most illustrious trading families, Sam Israel was determined to strike out on his own. After apprenticing with one of the greatest traders of the 1980s, he founded his own fast-growing hedge fund, promising investors extraordinary returns. But it was all an elaborate charade. Thus began his bizarre journey into "the Upperworld" - a society populated by clandestine bankers, shady European nobility, and spooks issuing cryptic warnings about a mysterious cabal known as the Octopus.
Sam Israel saw that Wall Street made its money cheating, and he also saw that the government enabled the cheating
Sam Israel saw that Wall Street made its money cheating, and he also saw that the government enabled the cheating. He then drew what seemed to him a logical third conclusion, which was that the two realms were conspiring in secret to make a second shadow market for the elite of the elite, one bursting with fantastic riches. He didn't realize that the real market was the shadow market.
The book is based on a story I wrote for Rolling Stone.
Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con," by Guy Lawson. July 25, 2012, 2:22 PM, CBS News. Jeff Glor: What inspired you to write the book? Guy Lawson: When I first talked to Sam Israel in prison I thought I was working on a story about a Wall Street fraudster-at the time the biggest ever. But Israel started to tell me this entirely different story about a secret bond market and the CIA and how the Federal Reserve is running a Ponzi scheme. It was literally incredible-as in unbelievable. The book is based on a story I wrote for Rolling Stone. It's a truly rip roaring tale filled with weed, weapons, and wartime deceptions.
Octopus focuses on Wall Street trader Samuel Israel III, who attempted to commit hedge fund fraud by taking part in a "secret market" reported to have been run by the Federal Reserve
Octopus focuses on Wall Street trader Samuel Israel III, who attempted to commit hedge fund fraud by taking part in a "secret market" reported to have been run by the Federal Reserve. Critical reception for Octopus was mostly positive. Fortune magazine praised Lawson for going "out.
Octopus is a real-life thriller that tells the inside story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the wild search, by a colorful cast of rogues and schemers, for a “secret market” beneath the financial market we all know. Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all – until the hedge fund he ran, Bayou, imploded and he became the target of a nationwide manhunt. Born into one of America’s most illustrious trading families, Israel was determined to strike out on his own. So after apprenticing with one of the greatest hedge fund traders of the 1980’s, Sam founded his own fund and promised his investors guaranteed profits. With the proprietary computer program he’d created, he claimed to be able to predict the future. But his future was already beginning to unravel. After suffering devastating losses and fabricating fake returns, Israel knew it was only a matter of time before his real performance would be discovered, so when a former black-ops intelligence operative told him about a “secret market” run by the Fed, Israel bet his last $150 million on a chance to make billions. Thus began his year-long adventure in “the Upperworld” -- a society populated by clandestine bankers, shady European nobility, and spooks issuing cryptic warnings about a mysterious cabal known as the Octopus. Whether the “secret market” was real or a con, Israel was all in – and as the pressures mounted and increasingly sinister violence crept into his life, he struggled to break free of the Octopus’ tentacles.