La serie “La grande scommessa” di Michael Lewis svela i retroscena della bolla ipotecaria di Wall Street e del suo crollo. “The Big Short” racconta un gruppo di outsider che individuarono presto il rischio sistemico e scommisero contro il mercato. “Liar’s Poker” è una cronaca tagliente dall’interno di Salomon Brothers, tra avidità e cultura del rischio degli anni Ottanta. Insieme, i libri offrono un ritratto avvincente della finanza, dei suoi fallimenti e di chi seppe leggerli.
From mere trainee, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank. This is a tale of greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world.
In this visceral tour to the heart of the financial system, Michael Lewis takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the current crisis. He meets the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all of cliff.