The Big Short

273 Pages·2010·1.47 MB·English

by  Michael Lewis

The Big Short
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EDITED BY MICHAEL LEWIS
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The Big Short
INSIDE THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
Michael Lewis
W. W. NORTON & COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
Copyright (c) 2010 by Michael Lewis
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For
Michael Kinsley
To whom I still owe an article
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted
man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest
thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly
persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is
laid before him.
--Leo Tolstoy, 1897
Contents
Prologue Poltergeist
Chapter 1 A Secret Origin Story
Chapter 2 In the Land of the Blind
Chapter 3 "How Can a Guy Who Can't Speak English Lie?"
Chapter 4 How to Harvest a Migrant Worker
Chapter 5 Accidental Capitalists
Chapter 6 Spider-Man at The Venetian
Chapter 7 The Great Treasure Hunt
Chapter 8 The Long Quiet