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Lewis, is faisonpiersonstoddard professor of art at williams college and received a guggenheim fellowship for his recent city of refuge. Michael lewis audio books, best sellers, author bio. Nov 20, 2015 in early 2008, i started working on what became my book the big short. The main idea behind the text would be said to be the research of the origin of financial crisis. But after reading the big short, michael lewis excellent book about the lead up to the 2008 global financial crisis and the small group of people who saw the collapse coming and bet against it, i think wall street needs a new saying. Buy the big short inside the doomsday machine book. Michael lewis the big short audio book online free audiobooks. Id written one book about wall street, liars poker, and pretty much assumed id never write another, as i further. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of the big short by michael lewis, read by jesse boggs and the author.
Michael lewis, the bestselling author of the undoing project, liars poker, flash boys, moneyball, the blind side, home game and the big short, among other works, lives in berkeley, california, with his wife, tabitha soren, and their three children. Michael lewis the big short audiobook online free audiobooks. The big short by michael lewis read the first chapter free. Buy the big short inside the doomsday machine book online.
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