Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading

Name: Fictional Thriller Tackles Dangers of High-Frequency Trading
Uploaded: 2012-03-15T22:00:00Z
Duration: P502S
Description: 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.

Clip: 03/15/2012 | 8m 22s

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.

Aired: 03/15/12

Rating: NR

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