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The Big Short : Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis (2010, Hardcover)

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The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking. Who got it right?. And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles?.

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The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling Liar's Poker . Who got it right? he asks. Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? Out of this 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 times.

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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393072231
ISBN-13
9780393072235
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72656112

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Book Title
Big Short : inside the Doomsday Machine
Author
Michael Lewis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Economic History, Finance / General, Journalism, Economic Conditions
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Business & Economics, Language Arts & Disciplines
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hc106.83.L5 2010
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I've joined a lot of other people in just finishing Michael Lewis's book, The Big Short, and it's really an eye-opener of what was going on at the time that this real estate bubble was created., Superb: Michael Lewis doing what he does best, illuminating the idiocy, madness and greed of modern finance. . . . Lewis achieves what I previously imagined impossible: He makes subprime sexy all over again., If you're wondering if there's importance or an urgency to this issue, read the book The Big Short by Michael Lewis, and then, when you're finished reading, come back to the floor and say that you support this amendment [on financial reform]., [A] strikingly original take that offers an enhanced understanding of the debacle....Since his first book, Liar's Poker, Lewis has tackled big, engaging stories...by finding and developing characters whose personal narratives reveal a larger truth. He's done it again., No one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance than Mr. Lewis....[he] does a nimble job of using his subjects' stories to explicate the greed, idiocies and hypocrisies of a system notably lacking in grown-up supervision....Writing in faintly Tom Wolfe-ian prose, Mr. Lewis does a colorful job of introducing the lay reader to the Darwinian world of the bond market., I read Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like., It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading.
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2010-004804
Dewey Decimal
338.542
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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5 out of 5 stars
by theidahojoe06 Jan, 2011
The Big Short
As a Real Estate Broke-er whose livlihood has been absolutely DESTROYED by the vermin in my profession, I am simultaneously thrilled and outraged at this magnificent manuscript! From "Liar Lenders", to the "Fraud-In-Bond-Raters", on to the "Credit Default Swapers" and every single step along the path, I am thrilled to finally have a complete understanding of what happended to my livihood, the entire economy, and to my beloved Country for which I have risked my very life in war to defend. I am outraged at the mortal wounding of all three by cetrtain gangs of CRIMINAL THUGS ranging from SOCIOPATHIC loan brokers; FRAUDULENT security 'device' creators, BOGUS BOND RATERS, and Wall Street Garbage peddlers; and last but not least the legions of EVIL POLITICIANS, GOVERNMENT BUREACRATS, and IMPOTENT REGULATORS. THE BIG SHORT busts them all for the world to see. Names, dates, places, and crimes are all described in easy to read and understand manner. The author has achieved a monumental accomplishment in transfoming an extremely mundane and confusing series of issues and events into a form that can be understood by anyone over age 12 who really wants to know what the hell just happened. Buy this book, NOW, and read every word. If need be, read it twice - I will! I am proud to be one of the few Real 'Estate Brokers who did NOT A SINGLE Sub-Prime Loan. Even though I an close to broke, 64 years old, and very devasted regarding my own future and that of the USA, I understand now who the bad guys are, what they did, and where they live! If there is no justice on earth, then the volume of BAD KARMA generated by these peole whose consiences are "good as new since they are still in the wrapper", will haunt and punish them for a million life times for what they have done. May God forgive because I will not!Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by sear_867518 Nov, 2020
This tome will help in understanding what goes down when history is ignored.
The book arrived ahead of schedule.
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5 out of 5 stars
by 9MEAb2gJQj-@Del...21 Jun, 2016
Saw the movie, then obught the book !
A must read for those that want to undestand what fools we all were..Lol. Pete
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5 out of 5 stars
by martha884414 Aug, 2010
Good Book
Written in easy understandable terms, this book gives you a look into the greed and corruption on Wall Street. When I was finished reading I wanted to email the author and ask "What can I do?".
4 out of 5 stars
by jim022701 Jun, 2017
fastenating, but intricate and complicated
Half way in, way over my head, but informative. Well written
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