Number Go Up
A best book of the year from the New York Times DealBook, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, Wired, and many more.
The “rollicking” (The Economist), “masterfully written” (The Washington Post) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless virtual coins into trillions of dollars—hailed by Ezra Klein in The New York Times as one of the “Books That Explain Where We Are.”
“Combines sharp analysis, intrepid reporting, and punchy writing.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Everybody’s talking about the wrong Sam Bankman-Fried book. . . . Faux’s rollicking Number Go Up . . . is the far superior guide to understanding the FTX debacle and Bankman-Fried himself. . . . This is the strength of Number Go Up: It doesn’t pretend there’s something inside, just beyond our reach.”—Wired
“A globe-trotting nonfiction picaresque that’s as much fun as you can have reading about financial malfeasance.”—Los Angeles Times
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Zeke Faux speaks to colleges and organizations about crypto, fraud, financial delusion, and the craft of investigative reporting, drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting and the work behind Number Go Up.
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Bio & Contact
Zeke Faux is an investigative reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek, and a former National Fellow at New America. His first book, Number Go Up, was translated into seven languages and was a finalist for an Edgar Award. He’s a winner of the Gerald Loeb Award and the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, and has been a finalist for a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.
Contact Zeke directly at zeke@zekefaux.com or on Twitter at @zekefaux.
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