The 2015 film version of Lewis's book stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gossling, and Brad Pitt. He proves yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times. In this trenchant, raucous, irresistible narrative, Lewis writes of the goats and of the few who saw what the emperor was wearing, and gives them, most memorably, what they deserve. Lewis has written a ton of other massively popular nonfiction books as well, including Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Flash Boys. Michael Lewis's splendid cast of characters includes villains, a few heroes, and a lot of people who look very, very foolish: high government officials, including the watchdogs heads of major investment banks (some overlap here with previous category) perhaps even the face in your mirror. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis 5.0 / 4.0 0 comments Categories: Economic History Business and Finance Investment Banking Financial Crisis Year: 2010 Publisher: W.W. Lewis spent some time in the finance world himself during the 80s, but he left disgusted with the industry and wrote Liars Poker, which is basically the 80s version of The Big Short. Who better than the author of the signature bestseller Liar's Poker to explain 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. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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