The Big Short：Inside the Doomsday Machine

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michael Lewis（迈克尔·刘易斯） 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2010-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780393072235
• 定价 306.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 266页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

The#1NewYorkTimesbestseller:abrilliantaccount—character-richanddarklyhumorous—ofhowtheU.S.economywasdrivenoverthecliff.

WhenthecrashoftheU.S.stockmarketbecamepublicknowledgeinthefallof2008,itwasalreadyoldnews.Therealcrash,thesilentcrash,hadtakenplaceoverthepreviousyear,inbizarrefeedermarketswherethesundoesn'tshine,andtheSECdoesn'tdare,orbother,totread:thebondandrealestatederivativemarketswheregeeksinventimpenetrablesecuritiestoprofitfromthemiseryoflower-andmiddle-classAmericanswhocan'tpaytheirdebts.Thesmartpeoplewhounderstoodwhatwasormightbehappeningwereparalyzedbyhopeandfear;inanycase,theyweren'ttalking.

Thecrucialquestionisthis:Whounderstoodtheriskinherentintheassumptionofever-risingrealestateprices,ariskcompoundeddailybythecreationofthosearcane,artificialsecuritieslooselybasedonpilesofdoubtfulmortgages?MichaelLewisturnstheinquiryonitsheadtocreateafresh,character-drivennarrativebrimmingwithindignationanddarkhumor,afittingsequeltohis#1best-sellingLiar'sPoker.Whogotitright?heasks.Whosawtherealestatemarketfortheblackholeitwouldbecome,andeventuallymadebillionsofdollarsfromthatperception?AndwhatqualitiesofcharactermadethosefewpersistwhentheirpeersandcolleaguesdismissedthemasChickenLittles?Outofthishandfulofunlikely—reallyunlikely—heroes,Lewisfashionsastoryascompellingandunusualasanyofhisearlierbestsellers,provingyetagainthatheisthefinestandfunniestchroniclerofourtimes.

【作者简介】

MichaelLewis,thebest-sellingauthorofLiar'sPoker,TheMoneyCulture,TheNewNewThing,Moneyball,TheBlindSide,Panic,HomeGame,TheBigShort,andBoomerang,amongotherworks,livesinBerkeley,California,withhiswifeandthreechildren.