LEADER 00000nim a22004935a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125020333.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 180323s2017 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9780062659972 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0062659979 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062659972_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11782111 037 11782111|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 345.410263|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Enrich, David,|d1979-|eauthor. 245 14 The spider network :|bthe wild story of a math genius, a gang of backstabbing bankers, and one of the greatest scams in financial history|h[Hoopla electronic resource] / |cDavid Enrich. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2017. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 32 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by Mike Chamberlain. 520 The Wall Street Journal's award-winning business reporter unveils the bizarre and sinister story of how a math genius named Tom Hayes, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system ignited one of the greatest financial scandals in history. In 2006, an oddball group of bankers, traders and brokers from some of the world's largest financial institutions made a startling realization: Libor-the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions in loans worldwide-was set daily by a small group of easily manipulated functionaries, and that they could reap huge profits by nudging it to suit their trading portfolios. Tom Hayes, a brilliant but troubled mathematician, became the lynchpin of a wild alliance that among others included a French trader nicknamed Gollum"; the broker Abbo," who liked to publicly strip naked when drinking; a Kazakh chicken farmer turned something short of financial whiz kid; a broker known as Village" (short for Village Idiot") and fascinated with human-animal sex; an executive called Clumpy" because of his patchwork hair loss; and a broker uncreatively nicknamed Big Nose." Eventually known as the Spider Network," Hayes's circle generated untold riches - until it all unraveled in spectacularly vicious, backstabbing fashion. The Spider Network is not only a rollicking account of the scam, but a provocative examination of a financial system that was crooked throughout, designed to promote envelope-pushing behavior while shielding higher-ups from the consequences of their subordinates' rapacious actions. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Bank fraud|zGreat Britain. 650 0 Interbank market|zGreat Britain. 650 0 Bank loans|zGreat Britain. 650 0 Interest rates|zGreat Britain. 650 0 Financial crises. 700 1 Chamberlain, Mike,|enarrator. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11782111?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062659972_180.jpeg