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MPN
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ISBN
0393072231
Book Title
Big Short : inside the Doomsday Machine
Item Length
9.6in
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Publication Year
2010
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1in
Author
Michael Lewis
Genre
Business & Economics, Language Arts & Disciplines
Topic
Economic History, Finance / General, Journalism, Economic Conditions
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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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

Product Key Features

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

Dimensions

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
Reviews
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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    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 ...

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    The book arrived ahead of schedule.

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  • Saw the movie, then obught the book !

    A must read for those that want to undestand what fools we all were..Lol. Pete

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: dreambooks_co

  • 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?".

  • fastenating, but intricate and complicated

    Half way in, way over my head, but informative. Well written

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