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09/12/2011
nice commentary on the reasons of the crash of 2008
"Michael Lewis's ""The Big Short"" tells a rather disturbing tale of some of the biggest profiteers of one of America's worst financial crisis, which we are likely still in the midst of. The amazing thing cleverly illustrated by Lewis, is that while most of the brightest minds in America woke up to Read more...
01/12/2018
It's the End of the World and We Know It...
"Michael Lewis has cobbled together this collage of financial knowledge and the characters who understood what was happening before anyone, and before it was too late. It's also brilliant and informative. Even though I thought I had a grasp on what happened to cause the 2008 GFC, this book really cl Read more...
"This is a very important book. There are several points, extensively documented and described, that you will not find in other sources. These are not necessarily highlighted in the book, but I find them worthy of emphasis. I want to go gently on the objections, since I like the book so much. It Read more...
07/12/2011
What really happened.
I listened to the audio book instead of reading this, and it was well narrated, and easy to listen to. The content of the book itself was very interesting. I could remember what I was doing on some of the days that were explained in the book. Very educational to see how the machine failed, and how t Read more...
07/06/2011
A great Read
Just read this on the beach this week, made the difficult financial products and their doom causing nature very understandable. Wish it had shown a little more of the sell side of the story as it focused mainly on three different funds and how they made a ton of money doing this big short. Still v Read more...
04/26/2011
Financial Crises explained
"Michael Lewis writes great books, and The Big Short is no exception. His explanation of the events preceding the 2008 crash and the causes behind it are really fascinating. His writing is very good at explaining incredibly complicated (also ridiculous) subjects like credit default swaps and colla Read more...
04/25/2011
Mortgage Meltdown Explained
"Michael Lewis, write a much needed explanation of what the hell happened during the market melt down and housing crisis of a few years ago. This book will show you what went wrong and why, as well as how the future may be impacted by this monstrosity of misguidance. A great entertaining read. P Read more...
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