Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.63 (588 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0393343448 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-01-25 |
Language | : | English |
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The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. But when he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the narrative is a trap baited with humor, and we understand the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.. Michael Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American reader to a comfortable complacency: oh, those foolish foreigners. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. “Lewis shows again why he is the leading journalist of his generation.”Kyle Smith, Forbes The tsunami of 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 characte
Mr. Combining his easy familiarity with finance and the talents of a travel writer, Mr. --Chuck LeddyMichael Lewis possesses the rare storyteller 's ability to make virtually any subject both lucid and compelling. The book based on articles Mr. --Chuck Leddy" . Lewis wrote for Vanity Fair magazine -- is a companion piece of sorts to The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, his bestselling 2010 book about the fiscal crisis. Mr. --Michiko KakutaniLewis's explanations of thorny financial processes are surprisingly compelling, his characters entertaining. --Jessica LoudisMichael Lewis possesses the rare storyteller s abi
The Financial Crisis Moves From the Private Sector to the Public Sector. I admit to being a fan of Michael Lewis' books, so take that into consideration as you read this review. Lewis earned a masters degree in economics from the London School of Economics and went to work as a bond trader for Salomon Brothers before its scandals. His education and investment experience qualified him to write "Liar's Poker" in 1989, though I have no idea wh. A Look into 5 Nation's Unique Psychological make-up and how each Contributed to the Economic Bust in Each Nation Yoda Any review of this book would have to start by pointing out that this book is not a new original work. It is, instead, a compilation of previously published essays that can be found in a variety of periodicals (i.e., The Atlantic, etc.). That being said and gotten out of the way, it should also be noted that this book is not an examination of economic factors contribut. What Goes Around, Comes Around Some criticize Lewis and this book for being a rehash of previously published material. Since I hadn't read any material that might have been published earlier, I didn't bring that context when reading this book and to my assessment -- it was all fresh material for me. Like other works by Lewis that I've read, I was absorbed from page 1. In spite of a few pages that di
. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children. Michael Lewis, is the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Flash Boys