Reforming the Post-Crash Economy
In the decade since the 2008 Financial Crisis, The New Yorker’s Sheelah Kolhatkar has emerged as one of the most insightful commentators on the dramatic changes convulsing the world economy. A Toronto native and former hedge fund analyst who now serves as a staff writer and financial columnist for the magazine, Kolhatkar has been chronicling the vices of Wall Street and how problems like financial corruption, sexism and the aggressive tactics of billionaire financiers are spreading into institutions across the US-including the highest levels of the American government. Drawing on her brilliant Black Edge, a real-life thriller about the collapse of Wall Street’s most notorious hedge fund (and one of the New York Times’ 10 best books of 2017), she’ll assess a provocative question: is our financial system in need of reform-or is it irreparably broken?
Discussion moderated by The Globe and Mail's Financial Services Editor, Rita Trichur. Post-event book sale and signing to follow.
