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Episode: Liam Vaughan - 'Flash Crash': A Trading Savant, A Global Manhunt & the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History
Description: A pre-eminent chronicler of financial crime, in 2013 Liam Vaughan led a team of reporters in the uncovering of a conspiracy to manipulate the 5 trillion dollar-a-day foreign exchange market, and has since covered high-profile white-collar crime on behalf of Bloomberg. On the release of his latest book, ‘Flash Crash’ - the definitive account of one of the most mysterious events in recent history - I ask Liam:Can we solely ascribe blame to just 1 individual trader for this trillion dollar market crash? How did a 36-year old trading out of his parent’s house dupe the US government and gl...