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The Spider Network

9 min read 12 min listen Narrated by Sam
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What’s it about?

A gripping true story of how a brilliant but awkward trader and his network of brokers rigged the world's most important interest rate, exposing a culture of corruption at the heart of high finance.

You’ll learn

  • How Libor manipulation worked
  • The culture of corruption in banking
  • Why one trader became the scapegoat
  • The system's failure to hold executives accountable