A riveting and powerful (Gretchen Carlson cofounder of Lift Our Voices) insider's account on
Wall Street where greed coupled with misogyny and discrimination enforces a culture of
exclusion in the upper echelons of Goldman Sachs. Jamie Fiore Higgins became one of the few
women at the highest ranks of Goldman Sachs. Spurred on by the obligation she felt to her
working-class immigrant family she rose through the ranks and saw it all: out-of-control
lavish parties flowing with never-ending drinks affairs flouted in the office rampant drug
use and most pervasively a discriminatory culture that seemed designed to hold back the few
women and people of color employed at the company. Despite Goldman Sachs having the right
talking points and statistics Fiore Higgins soon realized that these provided a veneer to
cover up what she found to be an abusive culture. Her engrossing (Julie Battilana and Tiziana
Casciaro authors of Power for All) account is one filled with shocking stories of harassment
and jaw-dropping tales of exclusionary behavior: when she was told she only got promoted
because she is a woman when her coworkers mooed at her after she pumped for her fourth child
defying the superior who had advised her not to breastfeed or when a male boss used a racial
epithet in front of her other colleagues and clients without any repercussions. Bully Market
exposes the #MeToo movement's unfinished work on Wall Street (Meighan Stone author of
Awakening: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights) sounds the alarm on the culture of
finance and corporate America while offering clear actionable ideas for creating a fairer
workplace. Both a revealing extraordinary look at the industry and a top Wall Streeter's
explosive personal story Bully Market is an essential account of one woman's experience in a
flawed system that speaks to the challenge and urgency for change.
