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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Lewis |
| ISBN: | 9780393072235 0393072231 |
| OCLC Number: | 317919864 |
| Awards: | Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 2011 |
| Description: | xviii, 266 p. ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Lewis. |
Abstract:
In this brilliant account of how the U.S. economy has been driven over the cliff, the author of the bestseller "Liar's Poker" explains how the free fall of the American economy occurred and who, exactly, is to blame.
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[A]n incredible piece of commentary on Wall Street. --Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
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