"WhatHedgeFundsReallyDo"providesaneededcomplementtojournalisticaccountsofthehedgefundindustry,todeepentheunderstandingofnonspecialistreaderssuchaspolicymakers,journalists,andindividualinvestors.Thebookisorganizedinmodulestoallowdifferentreaderstofocusontheelementsofthistopicthatmostinterestthem.Itsauthorsincludeafundpractitionerandacomputerscientist(Balch),incollaborationwithapublicpolicyeconomistandfinanceacademic(Romero).