Items related to The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine - Hardcover

4.29 avg rating
( 154,358 ratings by Goodreads )
 
9780393072235: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 

The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account―character-rich and darkly humorous―of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff.

When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn’t shine, and the SEC doesn’t dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can’t pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren’t talking.

The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling Liar’s Poker. Who got it right? he asks. Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? Out of this handful of unlikely―really unlikely―heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Back Cover:
Why Michael Lewis, according to Malcolm Gladwell, “is the finest storyteller of our generation”:
Liar’s Poker

“So memorable and alive. . . . It’s one of those rare works that encapsulate and define an era. . . . Remember the 1980s? When you want to recall this roaring decade, pick up a copy of Liar’s Poker.” ―Fortune

“Devastatingly funny.” ―New York
Moneyball

“The best business book Lewis has written. It may be the best business book anyone has written.” ―Mark Gerson, The Weekly Standard

“A brilliantly told tale. . . . Michael Lewis’s beautiful obsession with the idea of value has once again yielded gold.” ―Garry Trudeau
About the Author:
Michael Lewis is the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, and The Undoing Project. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780393338829: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780393338829
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2011
Softcover

9780141043531: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Penguin, 2011
Softcover

9780141983301: Big Short EXPORT

Pengui..., 1730
Softcover

9780141982946: The Big Short: Film Tie-in

Pengui..., 2015
Softcover

9781846142574: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Allen ..., 2010
Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 1
Seller:
Classic Christian Books
(Pleasant View, TN, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Fast handling - Ships next Businees Day. Seller Inventory # RCF-374

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 15.00
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BookFarm
(San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description hardcover. Condition: New. New. Seller Inventory # 27-01920

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 15.99
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
THEVILLAGEBOOKSTORE
(Fall River, MA, U.S.A.)

Book Description hardcover. Condition: New. HC. Seller Inventory # 53MS90000319

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 12.49
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Irish Booksellers
(Portland, ME, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. book. Seller Inventory # MB01GML9MMW

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 17.19
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Books Unplugged
(Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0393072231xvz189zvxnew

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 17.83
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Taos Books
(Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Unopened hardcover in shrink wrap. Seller Inventory # 36936

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 13.75
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 5.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 20
Seller:
booksXpress
(Freehold, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780393072235

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 20.69
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GreatBookPrices
(Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6544121-n

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 20.39
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Michael Lewis
Published by WW Norton Publishers (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: > 20
Seller:
INDOO
(Avenel, NJ, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0393072231

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 20.40
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Seller Image

Lewis, Michael
Published by W. W. Norton & Company (2010)
ISBN 10: 0393072231 ISBN 13: 9780393072235
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
WAKULLABOOKSLLC
(SHERIDAN, WY, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Dust Jacket Condition: New!. Seller Inventory # WBN0393072231

More information about this seller | Contact this seller

Buy New
US$ 20.69
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds

There are more copies of this book

View all search results for this book