The
big short
inside the doomsday machine
Lewis, Michael M. (Michael Monroe)
1960-
creator
text
nyu
New York
W.W. Norton
c2011
2011
monographic
eng
xviii, 291 pages ; 21 cm.
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.
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.
Michael Lewis.
"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Includes index.
n-us---
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Crisis financiera global, 2008-2009
Financial crises
United States
History
21st century
Crisis financiera
Historia
Estados Unidos
United States
Economic conditions
2001-2009
Estados Unidos
Condiciones económicas
2001-2009
HC 106.83 L675big 2011
330.973
0393338827 (pbk.)
9780393338829 (pbk.)
2011288002
YDXCP
110504
20260323114808.0
16761791
eng