Tina Brown Interviews ‘The Fear Index’ Author Robert Harris (VIDEO)

The author of The Fear Index talks to Newsweek/The Daily Beast’s editor in chief about his new thriller on the high-stakes world of high finance and the wizards behind it—as well as the money, the geniuses, and the quants.

Robert Harris’s new thriller, The Fear Index, delves into the world of hedge funds and high finance, with particular emphasis on the quants—the wizards and Ph.D.s who put together the algorithms and magic formulas that spark massive profit. Harris sat down with Newsweek/The Daily Beast’s editor in chief, Tina Brown, to talk about the book, the geniuses, and getting stiffed with the bill at dinner.

Robert Harris on Rogue Hedge Funds

The author of 'The Fear Index' talks about the new thriller, geniuses, and getting stiffed with the bill at dinner.

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