Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading

4,364 views · Published 16 March 2012 · 8:23 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2012 · News & Politics

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Part of his series on Making $ense of financial news, economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with author Robert Harris whose fictional take on Wall Street, "The Fear Index," stresses the dangers of algorithm-driven, high-frequency trading.

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