The Big Short

· W. W. Norton & Company
4.5
430 reviews
Ebook
320
Pages

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The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading."—Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking.

Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller Liar's Poker. Out of a handful of unlikely-really unlikely-heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our time.

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4.5
430 reviews
Jamal Thompson
July 16, 2024
I absolutely love this a lot and so much with all of this money and wealth that I'm completely so obsessed with it like crazy & I just love money, cash and dollar bills so much in this picture that I want to have me stacks of cash, piles of cash, mountains of cash, thousands of dollars, millions of dollars and even billions of dollars one day in real life so I can be a thousandnaire, a millionaire and a billionaire in life living in luxury, paradise and financial freedom with all of this cash around to play with this money have peace with this money & have good times with all of this money and cash right in my suitcase, briefcase, duffel bag, plastic bag, cardboard box, safe, table, bed, chair, floor, bathroom, backpack, clothes pockets stuffed with money, shirts stuffed with money, money belt, money truck, money gun, raining down dollar bills and cash everywhere, money machine and a wheelbarrow filled up with all of this cash and dollar bills
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hesham gebreel
January 28, 2026
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Central Berkat indonesia
February 17, 2026
This book was absolutely inspiring and hard to put down. The story was engaging, the characters felt real, and I learned something valuable from every chapter. Highly recommend it!
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About the author

Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, The Undoing Project, and The Fifth Risk. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his family.

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