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.
Michael Lewis retired from being a bond salesman at the age of 28, having risen from being a mere trainee. He looks back at his career, at the Golden Age of banking, at the company he worked for and the memorable figures within it, and at the spectacle of the financial boom which marks the 80s.
'We fed the monster until it blew up ...' While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a fortune. From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, this is the outrageous story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses who, against all odds, made the greatest financial killing in history.