The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michael Lewis 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2011-01
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780393338829
• 定价 145.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WhenthecrashoftheU.S.stockmarketbecamepublicknowledgeinthefallof2008,itwasalreadyoldnews.Therealcrash,thesilentcrash,hadtakenplaceoverthepreviousyear,inbizarrefeedermarketswherethesundoesntshine,andtheSECdoesntdare,orbother,totread:thebondandrealestatederivativemarketswheregeeksinventimpenetrablesecuritiestoprofitfromthemiseryoflower-andmiddle-classAmericanswhocantpaytheirdebts.Thesmartpeoplewhounderstoodwhatwasormightbehappeningwereparalyzedbyhopeandfear;inanycase,theywerenttalking.Thecrucialquestionisthis:Whounderstoodtheriskinherentintheassumptionofever-risingrealestateprices,ariskcompoundeddailybythecreationofthosearcane,artificialsecuritieslooselybasedonpilesofdoubtfulmortgages?MichaelLewisturnstheinquiryonitsheadtocreateafresh,character-drivennarrativebrimmingwithindignationanddarkhumor,afittingsequeltohis#1best-sellingLiarsPoker.Whogotitright?heasks.Whosawtherealestatemarketfortheblackholeitwouldbecome,andeventuallymadebillionsofdollarsfromthatperception?AndwhatqualitiesofcharactermadethosefewpersistwhentheirpeersandcolleaguesdismissedthemasChickenLittles?Outofthishandfulofunlikelyreallyunlikelyheroes,Lewisfashionsastoryascompellingandunusualasanyofhisearlierbestsellers,provingyetagainthatheisthefinestandfunniestchroniclerofourtimes.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

【作者简介】

MichaelLewiswasborninNewOrleansandeducatedatPrincetonUniversityandtheLondonSchoolofEconomics.HehaswrittenseveralbooksincludingtheNewYorkTimesbestseller,Liar'sPoker,widelyconsideredthebookthatdefinedWallStreetduringthe1980s.LewisiscontributingwriterfortheNewYorkTimesMagazineandforVanityFair.Heismarriedwiththreechildren.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

【目录】

Prologue   Poltergeist

Chapter i   A Secret Origin Story

Chapter 2   In the Land of the Blind

Chapter 3   "How Can a Guy Who Can't Speak EnglishLie?"

Chapter 4   How to Harvest a Migrant Worker

Chapter 5   Accidental Capita.lists

Chapter 6   Spider-Man at The Venetian

Chapter 7   The Great Treasure Hunt

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