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The big short : inside the doomsday machine Cover Image Book

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

Lewis, Michael (Michael M.) (Author).

Summary:

The author of the signature bestseller Liar's Poker explains how the event we were told was impossible--the free fall of the American economy--finally occurred; how the things that we wanted, like ridiculously easy money and greatly expanded home ownership, were vehicles for that crash; and how shareholder demand for profit forced investment executives to eat the forbidden fruit of toxic derivatives.

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  • ISBN: 9780393072235
  • ISBN: 0393072231
  • Physical Description: xviii, 266 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2010]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Financial crises > United States > History > 21st century.
United States > Economic conditions > 2001-2009.

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  • 66 of 68 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library 330.973 LEW (Text) 37810434846613 Adult Nonfiction Available -