When ambition breaks away from the moral bottom line, finance becomes a arena of desire, a century-old history of financial speculation, and an in-depth archive of human greed. Fear and greed are among the most powerful driving forces in humanity, and they influence nearly all of our decisions. We see the lives of those dazzling celebrities on media platforms every day and are envious of their lifestyles.
However, what this book reveals is exactly how some of them were swallowed up by greed. Thorsten Denning connects the "Panama Papers" leak case, the largest Ponzi scheme in history - the Bernie Madoff fraud case, as well as the devil traders represented by Nick Leeson and the stories of financial fraudsters such as "Blood Goddess" Elizabeth Holmes and "The Wolf of Wall Street" Jordan Belfort, exposing all kinds of extreme greed - from fraud in the stock market, market circles and even music festivals to art theft. Thorsten Denning's analysis of greed is particularly timely and insightful in today's era of heightened financial tensions and increasingly scarce resources.
