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The Resource The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis

The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis

Label
The big short : inside the doomsday machine
Title
The big short
Title remainder
inside the doomsday machine
Statement of responsibility
Michael Lewis
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
The author of the signature bestseller Liar's Poker explains how the event we were told was impossible--the free fall of the American economy--finally occurred; how the things that we wanted, like ridiculously easy money and greatly expanded home ownership, were vehicles for that crash; and how shareholder demand for profit forced investment executives to eat the forbidden fruit of toxic derivatives
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Lewis, Michael
Dewey number
330.973
Index
no index present
LC call number
HC106.83
LC item number
.L5 2010
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
  • Financial crises
Label
The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocn317919864
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
xviii, 266 pages
Isbn
9780393072235
Lccn
2010004804
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
The big short : inside the doomsday machine, Michael Lewis
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocn317919864
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
xviii, 266 pages
Isbn
9780393072235
Lccn
2010004804
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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