Den of Thieves

Why it’s on the list: James B. Stewart’s account of the 1980s Wall Street insider-trading scandals — Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken and the ring around them — and the prosecutions that brought them down.

Where I heard about it

• A Goldman Sachs reading list — on the firm’s recommended reading list from its careers site, under Industry Background and Flavor, in the group the list introduces as “exaggerated depictions of the darker side of the industry”; shared by @F_Compounders on X, July 2025.

Connections

• James B. Stewart — author.
• Goldman Sachs Recommended reading list… (tweet) — the list this came from.