The big short by michael lewis5/29/2023 ![]() No one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance than Mr. Lewis is back (John Arlidge Sunday Times) There aren't many reasons to be happy about the global financial crisis, but here's one: that it brought Michael Lewis back to his roots, to produce what is probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written (Felix Salmon Reuters)Įach chapter is full of the kind of dialogue you do not hear even in the best-written Hollywood films. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. And no one can make it such an enjoyable ride along the way. No one is better qualified to get to the heart of this labyrinthine story. How could we have all been so deluded for quite so long? Where did it all start? Was it systemic? Was it avoidable? And who the hell can we blame? Michael Lewis has the answers. He meets the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all of cliff. In this visceral tour to the heart of the financial system, Michael Lewis takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the current crisis. His international bestseller "Liar's Poker" exposed the greed and carnage of the City and Wall Street in the 1980s he wrote it as a cautionary tale, but people seem to have read it as a how-to guide. It has taken the world's greatest financial meltdown to bring Michael Lewis back to the subject that made him famous. "The Big Short" tells a story of spectacular, epic folly. ![]()
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