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SAC and the Strange Focus on Insider Trading

Harvard Business Review

Just in the past few months, the Columbia Business Law Review has come out with an entire issue devoted to the topic (based on a symposium held at Columbia last fall), and Edward Elgar has published a 512-page Research Handbook on Insider Trading (list price, $240) edited by UCLA Law Professor (and prolific blogger ) Stephen Bainbridge.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook. One of the first books I read upon graduating college, Liar's Poker is acclaimed author Michael Lewis' first book — a captivating story about his short-lived postcollegiate career as a bond salesman in the 1980s. It's an essential primer on the history and current state of finance.

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11 Books Every Young Leader Must Read

Harvard Business Review

Marcus Aurelius, The Emperor's Handbook. One of the first books I read upon graduating college, Liar's Poker is acclaimed author Michael Lewis' first book — a captivating story about his short-lived postcollegiate career as a bond salesman in the 1980s. It's an essential primer on the history and current state of finance.

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