I went to Amazon Books and searched financial information society and found
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,
Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World, and
Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market.
Flash Boys is held in 1581 libraries. It had 29 reviews on Google Books and some of the reviews discussed how the markets have changed significantly, which fits very well into the course and the frameworks we studied.
Automate This is held in 645 libraries. It has 30 reviews on Google books and the reviews discussed the roles of algorithms in society such as financial models and the music industry.
Dark Pools is held in only 33 libraries. It had some reviews, but there were not that many available on Google books.
Automate This did not discuss finance that much and
Dark Pools focused heavily on high frequency trading and not necessarily its role in society. I decided with
Flash Boys because of how the topic connects to class.
Review Citations:
Automate This. (2012).
Kirkus Reviews Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=3W-ePnCEL38C&dq=automate+this&sitesec=reviews
"Reviews: Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis."
LibraryThing.com. Web. 12 Oct. 2014
"Reviews: Dark Pools by Scott Patterson."
LibraryThing.com. Web. 12 Oct. 2014
This book seems pretty interesting. I'm curious about what you searched to find a book like this but I definitely agree that it aligns well with this class' content. Hope you enjoy the book!
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