The Resource The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis
The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis
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- Summary
- Michael Lewis offers a critical look at the financial collapse of 2008 and reveals how the American economy shot itself in the foot. With cynical wit and humor, Lewis exposes the bungling villains who steered the economy toward a recession and chronicles the harrowing attempts of a few hopeless heroes who foresaw this tragedy
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 266 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780393072235
- Label
- The big short : inside the doomsday machine
- Title
- The big short
- Title remainder
- inside the doomsday machine
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Lewis
- Subject
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- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- trueBusiness and economics -- Industries | Finance
- trueEconomics -- History -- United States
- trueFinancial crises
- trueFinancial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009
- trueUnited States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- trueWorld economy
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Contemporary U.S. economy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Michael Lewis offers a critical look at the financial collapse of 2008 and reveals how the American economy shot itself in the foot. With cynical wit and humor, Lewis exposes the bungling villains who steered the economy toward a recession and chronicles the harrowing attempts of a few hopeless heroes who foresaw this tragedy
- Summary
- Lewis examines the American economic collapse of the early 21st century, profiling very few heroes, numerous villains and several people who just should have known better. Lewis offers a biting rebuke to this motley band of financial "experts" with keen research and a sharp pen
- Award
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- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 2010.
- Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 330555
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lewis, Michael
- Dewey number
- 330.973
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HC106.83
- LC item number
- .L5 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- Financial crises
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- inside the doomsday machine
- Label
- The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 21003222
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393072235
- Lccn
- 2010004804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780393072235
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn317919864
- (OCoLC)317919864
- Label
- The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 21003222
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393072235
- Lccn
- 2010004804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780393072235
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn317919864
- (OCoLC)317919864
Subject
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- trueBusiness and economics -- Industries | Finance
- trueEconomics -- History -- United States
- trueFinancial crises
- trueFinancial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009
- trueUnited States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- trueWorld economy
- trueBusiness and economics -- Economics | Contemporary U.S. economy
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