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The big short : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.Description: xviii, 291 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0393338827 (pbk.)
  • 9780393338829 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973
LOC classification:
  • HC 106.83 L675big 2011
Contents:
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.
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 106.83 L675big 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000192894

"With a new afterword"--Cover.

Includes index.

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.

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.

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