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

By: Lewis, Michael (Michael M.).

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010Edition: 1st ed.Description: xviii, 266 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780393072235 (hardcover); 0393072231 (hardcover).Subject(s): Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

| Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century

| United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009

DDC classification: 330.973

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	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Two Weeks	Davenport Library Circulating Collection	Print-Circulating	330.973 L587 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34284003710746

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

By: Lewis, Michael (Michael M.).

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