Too much testosterone, too much confidence: the psychology of banking. (2012)

There is something disturbingly compelling about reading the emails and instant messages exchanged by Barclays bankers in the process of rigging interest rates for their own gain.

Ian Leslie
The Guardian, 30 June 2012

The emails between bankers involved in the rate-setting scandal reveal a sexualised and illicit tone – like secret lovers. They also point to a deeper truth about the psychology of organisations.

It is always exciting to overhear the conversations of people planning to do something bad, and there is something disturbingly compelling about reading the emails and instant messages exchanged by Barclays bankers in the process of rigging interest rates for their own gain.

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