The big short : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis.
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TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2010Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 266 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780393072235; 0393072231Subject(s): United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009 | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 330.973 LOC classification: HC106.83 | .L5 2010| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 2011
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.
The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.
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