Why people recommend it
The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson is a financial memoir detailing the author's rise as Citibank's most profitable interest-rate trader and his subsequent disillusionment with extreme global wealth inequality. On The Diary Of A CEO, Steven Bartlett strongly recommended the book, highlighting its extraordinary commercial success as a number one bestseller on the Sunday Times list for four consecutive weeks. Bartlett praised the work as a brilliant, fast-paced story that captivates readers regardless of whether they typically enjoy economics, predicting it would eventually be adapted into a compelling movie. On Modern Wisdom, Rory Sutherland also referenced Stevenson and his book, specifically citing the author's valid economic critiques regarding the flaws of traditional models that rely on single representative agents.
Who recommended it
- Steven Bartlett Recommended
- Rory Sutherland Discussed
Steven Bartlett — 2 mentions
“I read Gary's bookin it's brilliant and regardless of um regardless of whether you actually like economics it's a brilliant story it's a really I read it in about two or three days um and it'll it'll eventually be a good movie as well”
“I'd also highly recommend everybody to go check out the trading game because everybody's talking about this this book and I think it's what four weeks at the moment on the Sunday Times besteller list four weeks number one number one four weeks number one which is an incredible achievement”
Rory Sutherland — 1 mention
“Now one thing I thought was extraordinarily interesting as an idea is you you know that chap who who was it who wrote the trading game Gary St Gary Stevenson he makes a very valid Point okay whatever whatever else you think which is that nearly all economic models use single representative agents to populate the models which is they”