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Author Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)

Title The big short : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010]
©2010
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1414232~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  330.973 LEW    RECENTLY RETURNED
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Description xviii, 266 pages ; 25 cm
Summary The author of the signature bestseller Liar's Poker explains how the event we were told was impossible--the free fall of the American economy--finally occurred; how the things that we wanted, like ridiculously easy money and greatly expanded home ownership, were vehicles for that crash; and how shareholder demand for profit forced investment executives to eat the forbidden fruit of toxic derivatives.
Contents A secret origin story -- In the land of the blind -- "How can a guy who can't speak English lie?" -- How to harvest a migrant worker -- Accidental capitalists -- Spider-man at the Venetian -- The great treasure hunt -- The long quiet -- A death of interest -- Two men in a boat.
Subject United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Financial crises -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN 9780393072235 (hardcover)
0393072231 (hardcover)
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September 30 2010
SRP 2010 REVIEW: i liked it. Indicated that Wall Street was full of idiots and that they are just a bunch of liars and cheater on Wall Street.
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