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Liar's Poker is a non-fiction, semi-autobiographical book by Michael Lewis describing the author's experiences as a bond salesman on Wall Street during the late 1980s. [1] First published in 1989, it is considered one of the books that defined Wall Street during the 1980s, along with Bryan Burrough and John Helyar's Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, and the fictional The Bonfire ...
Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) [ 1 ][ 2 ] is an American author and financial journalist. [ 3 ] He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. He is known for his nonfiction work, particularly his coverage of financial crises and behavioral finance.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis about the build-up of the United States housing bubble during the 2000s. It was released on March 15, 2010, by W. W. Norton & Company. It spent 28 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list, and was the basis for the 2015 film of the same name.
September 2, 2006. Publication place. United States. Pages. 352. ISBN. 0-393-06123-X. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game is a book by Michael Lewis released on September 2, 2006, by W. W. Norton & Company. It focuses on American football. [1][2]
ISBN. 978-0-393-88155-4. The Premonition is a 2021 book by Michael Lewis about the COVID-19 pandemic and the early response of public health officials in the United States. [1][2][3][4] The book was praised for its timeliness [3] and for dealing with the complexity of the story well. [2] Other commentators criticized Lewis for portraying ...
The Age of Financial Unreason began with the 1987 stock market crash, according to Michael Lewis, author of the bestselling Liar's Poker, who was a bond salesman in London at the time: "It was striking how little control we had of events, particularly in view of how assiduously we cultivated the appearance of being in charge by smoking big cigars and saying fuck all the time."
9780393244663. Preceded by. Boomerang. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt is a book by the American writer Michael Lewis, [1] published by W. W. Norton & Company on March 31, 2014. The book is a non-fiction investigation into the phenomenon of high-frequency trading (HFT) in the US financial market, with the author interviewing and collecting the ...
LAS VEGAS — The notion is more of mystique than reality, of Portland Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin tossing his top chip to the middle of the table at one of the poker rooms here ...