Bibliograph

The big short, inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis

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The big short, inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The big short

Oclc number

317919864

Responsibility statement

Michael Lewis

Sub title

inside the doomsday machine

Summary

The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives

Table Of Contents

Prologue : Poltergeist -- 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 -- Epilogue : Everything is correlated

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