cover image Markets: Who Plays, Who Risks, Who Gains, Who Loses

Markets: Who Plays, Who Risks, Who Gains, Who Loses

Martin Mayer. W. W. Norton & Company, $8.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-393-30652-1

Wall Street insider-trading scandals are only the tip of the iceberg, notes bestselling financial author Mayer ( The Bankers ; The Lawyers ) in what PW dubbed a ``penetrating study of world equity, commodity and currency trading prior to the October 1987 stock-market meltdown.'' (Oct.)