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000352909 1001_ $$aGoodman, Leah McGrath.
000352909 24514 $$aThe asylum :$$bthe renegades who hijacked the world's oil market  /$$cLeah McGrath Goodman.
000352909 250__ $$a1st ed.
000352909 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bWilliam Morrow,$$cc2011.
000352909 300__ $$axvii, 398 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000352909 500__ $$aIncludes index.
000352909 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000352909 5050_ $$aWelcome to the asylum -- The boy who would be king -- From wastrels to wildcatters -- Deus ex machina -- The great equalizer -- The rise of Zoltan -- The god complex and other minor foibles -- The futility of the polygraph -- The anatomy of a take down -- Dark days -- The beauty of the "self-regulatory organization" -- Raids, maids, and civil war -- Age of excess -- Blood for victory -- The man who traded $100 oil -- Meltdown -- Epilogue: the edict of Noah sweat.
000352909 520__ $$aThey were a band of outsiders unable to get jobs with New York's gilded financial establishment. They would go on to corner the world's oil market, reaping unimaginable riches while bringing the economy to its knees. Meet the New York Mercantile Exchange--a secretive, members-only club of men and women who live lavish lifestyles; cavort with politicians, strippers, and celebrities; and blissfully jacked up oil prices to nearly $150 a barrel while profiting off the misery of the working class. Many come from working-class families themselves--the progeny of immigrants who escaped war-torn Europe, they take pride in spurning Wall Street. Under an all-powerful oil cartel, the energy market had long eluded the grasp of America's hungry capitalists, but the rough-and-tumble traders of Nymex went after this Goliath and won, creating the world's first free oil market. Their stunning journey from poverty to prosperity belies the brutal and violent history that is their legacy.--From publisher description.
000352909 61020 $$aNew York Mercantile Exchange (N.Y.)$$xHistory.
000352909 650_0 $$aStockbrokers$$zUnited States.
000352909 650_0 $$aPetroleum industry and trade$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000352909 650_0 $$aPetroleum products$$xPrices.
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