This is a non-fiction book about a working class guy from London, who became a trader for Citibank. He makes a lot of money, but becomes increasingly disgusted about the inequality in the economy, and is predicting that it’s going to get progressively worse for ordinary working people.
He was expelled from secondary school for selling drugs, but managed to get into the London School of Economics. He got his internship to Citibank by winning a trading game with other candidates. The others were playing the game entirely like a mathematical formula, whereas he was more playing poker.
I’ve started watching his YouTube channel, and I’m pretty convinced by his arguments about what’s happening in the economy and how we got here. I agree as well that we should be taxing the wealthy more, but am not very hopeful that a political party can get elected with that in their manifesto.
The final section of the book is in Japan, and his descriptions of the imperial gardens and small restaurants made me really want to go back.