Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.

Reach for the stars
and beyond
Take, don't make
Rip off entire countries because that's where the money is
Use other people's money
Create something you can pretend is low risk and high return
Rig your bets
Don't say anything remotely truthful
Have the right people whispering in your ear
Bet on the race after you know who wins
Milk millions in special tax breaks
Claim that limits on speculation will kill jobs
Distract the dissenters

"Top hedge fund managers make more than Oprah, Rupert Murdoch, and A-Rod combined—but they aren't running news and entertainment empires or playing baseball for the New York Yankees. Aren't you curious about how these hedge fund dudes make so much doing who knows what? You may even wonder if you can get there, too. After all, this is America! This book gives you the answers in a twelve-step guide to accumulating vast riches the way hedge fund managers do—by playing trillion-dollar poker with a marked deck. Through each easy step, you'll learn the sleight of hand and disregard for basic morality you'll need to move from making tens of dollars an hour to millions an hour! Along the way, you'll also question whether these hedge fund moguls make markets work better—as they and their apologists insist—or cause instability, siphon off capital, and destroy value without adding so much as a single widget to the economy." --Publisher description