Name: boomerang
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Author: Michael Lewis
ISBN: 9781846144844

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Physical Book

Author

Michael Lewis

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224

ISBN13

9781846144844

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Synopsis "boomerang"

Iceland, Greece and Ireland we know about. On Spain, Portugal and Italy we ` ve heard the warnings. Britain is a fear rumbling in the distant background of precarious triple-A ratings. But surely Germany is safe. Isn ` t it? Michael Lewis ` brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis hit everyone in the face. The cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack. The Irish wanted to stop being Irish. The Germans wanted to be even more German. Michael Lewis ` investigation of bubbles across Europe is brilliantly, sadly hilarious. But America can ` t be too complacent either. When he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the final reckoning awaits the greediest of all the debtor nations too. It ` s time to brace ourselves for impact. And, with Michael Lewis, to laugh while we ` re doing it.

Michael Lewis

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Michael Lewis (New Orleans, 1960) is a renowned American writer and journalist specialized in economics, finance, and popular culture. Graduated in Art History from Princeton University and with a master's in Economics from the London School of Economics, he worked as a bond trader at Salomon Brothers, an experience he narrated in his first book, Liar’s Poker (1989). Since then, he has published numerous non-fiction works that combine rigorous research with an accessible and engaging narrative

Among his most notable titles are Moneyball: Breaking the Rules (2003), The Blind Side (2006), The Big Short (2010), and Flash Boys: The Wall Street Revolution (2014). Several of these works have been successfully adapted into films, including Moneyball and The Big Short, the latter winning the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. His most recent book, Going Infinite (2023), addresses the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX platform. Lewis has been awarded prizes such as the Gerald Loeb Award and was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023.

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