Inside Wall Street

by Robert Sobel

An account of the development, activities, and impact of the New York and American Stock Exchanges, the over-the-counter market, the Securities Exchange Commission, investment banks, and other Wall Street institutions, from 1877 to the present

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1977

About the author

Robert Sobel was an American professor of history at Hofstra University, and a well-known and prolific writer of business histories. He was also a chess Master, who represented the United States at the 1957 and 1958 Student chess Olympiads; he defeated thirteen-year-old future World Champion Bobby Fischer at Montreal 1956.

Despite his prolific writings in business history, he is most famous for his single novel, For Want of a Nail, an alternate history of the United States.