The Big Short
Inside the Doomsday Machine
Published on 1. February 2011
320 pages
978-0-393-07819-0 (ISBN)
Description
The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading."—Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair
The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking. Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller Liar's Poker. Out of a handful of unlikely-really unlikely-heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our time.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Windows
ISBN-13
978-0-393-07819-0 (9780393078190)
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02/2011
WW Norton & Co
€11.50
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Person
Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar's Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short, The Undoing Project, Who is Government?, and The Premonition. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.
Content
- Intro
- Also by Michael Lewis
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Prologue Poltergeist
- Chapter 1 A Secret Origin Story
- Chapter 2 In the Land of the Blind
- Chapter 3 "How Can a Guy Who Can't Speak English Lie?"
- Chapter 4 How to Harvest a Migrant Worker
- Chapter 5 Accidental Capitalists
- Chapter 6 Spider-Man at The Venetian
- Chapter 7 The Great Treasure Hunt
- Chapter 8 The Long Quiet
- Chapter 9 A Death of Interest
- Chapter 10 Two Men in a Boat
- Epilogue Everything Is Correlated
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Praise for The Big Short
- Copyright
