Can you tell us
about your background working in Finance and how did you come with the idea of
writing The Heretic’s Guide to Global
Finance – Hacking the Future of Money book?
In 2008 I undertook a somewhat subversive
anthropological adventure into the financial sector in London. I ended up
working for two years as a derivatives broker. Derivatives are large financial
bets, and brokers spend all their time trying to convince large corporations
and banks to use them. I learned a lot about the financial system and since
leaving have continued to explore various aspects of the system. In the wake of
the Occupy protests I was asked by Pluto Press to write a guide for activists
on how the financial sector works, and how one can go about improving it.