Liquidated
An Ethnography of Wall Street (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)
Karen Ho
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Karma called the ethnography of Wall Street an incredibly readable book that illuminates the culture of overwork on finance and consulting. He suggested it helps readers understand what they want to reject.
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The first that I would recommend is a book I returned to again and again, and it's called Liquidated, an Ethnography of Wall Street by Karen Ho.
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Karma called the ethnography of Wall Street an incredibly readable book that illuminates the culture of overwork on finance and consulting. He suggested it helps readers understand what they want to reject.
"
The first that I would recommend is a book I returned to again and again, and it's called Liquidated, an Ethnography of Wall Street by Karen Ho.
It is a fantastic and incredibly readable book. And I think that anyone who hates the culture of overwork and wants to understand exactly what they want to reject, will find this really illuminating.
The title was repeatedly praised as an incredible ethnographic history of Wall Street, with hosts noting that the author, an anthropologist who worked on the trading floor, revealed how finance professionals talk about the market as a mystical force they can channel. Corey Doctorow and several other speakers highlighted it as a valuable resource for understanding the mindset behind Wall Street's takeover of corporate America. The overall tone was strongly positive, recommending it for listeners interested in the cultural underpinnings of finance.
Highly Recommended
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Doctorow mentioned a good ethnography of Wall Street called *Liquidated*. It's an ethnography of Wall Street in which an anthropologist goes and works there and interviews people, and the book describes how Wall Street finance ghouls talk about the market as if they're channeling it.
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there's a really good ethnography that I've plugged before on here called liquidated
an ethnography of, wait, yeah liquidated an ethnography of Wall Street where an anthropologist goes onto Wall Street and works there for a while and then he conducts a bunch of interviews, does anthropological stuff and the way they talk
about the market, they literally talk about it as if they're channeling it right, like it's like something and they're like a shaman these are one of the new gods of our world,
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It was described as an incredible ethnography and history of Wall Street, done by an anthropologist who worked on Wall Street.
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The book Liquidated by Karen Ho is just incredible.
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The book Liquidated is described as an incredible ethnography and history of Wall Street, with the author, Karen Ho, being an anthropologist who went and worked on Wall Street and did ethnography for a bit. The book is outside the scope of the conversation but is recommended for a very detailed account of how Wall Street took over the corporate world.
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the book liquidated by karen ho is in just incredible uh like ethnography and history of wall street she like yeah she's karen house an anthropologist and she like went and worked on wall street and like did ethnography there for a bit for a bit and it's very interesting stuff but it's kind of outside of our scope
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The book was described as an incredible ethnography and history of Wall Street, that an anthropologist named Karen Ho worked on.
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the book Liquidated by Karen Ho is just incredible. Like ethnography and history of Wall Street, she like she's a Karen Ho's an anthropologist and she like went and worked on Wall Street and like did ethnography there for a bit and it's very interesting stuff, but it's kind of outside of our scope.
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The book, "Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street", by Karen Ho, provides a detailed account of the Wall Street takeover of corporate America in the 70s and 80s, highlighting the focus on short-term stock price gains over long-term stability. It was recommended as a resource for understanding the broader context of the supply chain crisis.
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The book "Liquidated" by Karen Ho is just incredible.
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The book "Liquidated" by Karen Ho provides an in-depth ethnographic and historical look at Wall Street, particularly focusing on the role of investment bankers and the practices of corporate raiding.
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The book Liquidated by Karen Ho is just incredible.
Like ethnography and history of Wall Street, she like she's a Karen Ho's an anthropologist and she like went and worked on Wall Street and like did ethnography there for a bit and it's very interesting stuff, but it's kind of outside of our scope.
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Corey Doctorow mentioned an ethnography called "Liquidated" by Karen Ho, which provided insights into the mindset of Wall Street finance professionals, particularly their belief in the market as an almost mystical force.
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...there's a really good ethnography that I've plugged before on here called "Liquidated", an ethnography of...wait, yeah, "Liquidated", an ethnography of Wall Street where an anthropologist goes onto Wall Street and works there for a while and then he conducts a bunch of interviews, does anthropological stuff and the way they talk about the market, they literally talk about it as if they're channeling it, right? Like it's like something and they're like a shaman...
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It was mentioned as an incredible ethnography and history of Wall Street and described as a detailed account of how Wall Street bankers bought out corporations and took over the corporate world.
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The book Liquidated by Karen Ho is just incredible.
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The speaker referenced a book called "Liquidated" by Karen Ho, which was described as an incredible ethnography and history of Wall Street. The speaker also mentioned that Ho is an anthropologist who worked on Wall Street and did ethnography there.
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uh the book liquidated by karen ho is in just incredible uh like ethnography and history of wall street she like yeah she's karen house an anthropologist and she like went and worked on wall street and like did ethnography there for a bit for a bit and it's very interesting stuff but it's kind of outside of our scope so
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The speaker described the book as an incredible ethnography and history of Wall Street that was very interesting. They recommended it for a more detailed account of how Wall Street took over the corporate world.
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the book Liquidated by Karen Ho is just incredible. Like ethnography and history of Wall Street, she like she's a Karen Ho's an anthropologist and she like went and worked on Wall Street and like did ethnography there for a bit and it's very interesting stuff, but it's kind of outside of our scope.
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