Richard E. Farley

About The Author

RICHARD E. FARLEY is an attorney in New York City. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed books Wall Street Wars: The Epic Battles with Washington that Created the Modern Financial System and Gonzo Wall Street – How the Go-Go Bankers of the 1960s Crashed the Financial System and Bamboozled Washington. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and other publications. He is the recipient of Bloomberg BNA's Burton Award for Legal Achievement for exceptional legal writing

Books by Richard E. Farley

Drop Dead

How a Coterie of Corrupt Politicians, Bankers, Lawyers, Spinmeisters, and Mobsters Bankrupted New York, Got Bailed Out, Blamed the President, and Went Back to Business as Usual (And It Might Be Happening Again)

By Richard E. Farley
NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1970S WAS A CULTURE OF OPEN CORRUPTION.

EVERYONE WHO WAS ANYONE WAS IN ON THE GRIFT.
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Gonzo Wall Street

RIOTS,RADICALS,RACISM AND REVOLUTION: How the Go-Go Bankers of the 1960s Crashed the Financial System and Bamboozled Washington

By Richard E. Farley
The long-hidden history of how the corrupt Wall Street investment banks of the 1960s held Congress over a barrel and got an outrageous taxpayer-funded bailout of what they owed their customers—and how little Congress and the SEC got from Wall Street in return. This set the precedent for the...
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