Lewis, Michael

The big short : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2011. - xviii, 291 p. ; 21 cm.

"With a new afterword"--Cover. Includes index.

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.

The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.

ISBN: 0393338827 (pbk.) 9780393338829 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2011288002

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Financial crises--History--United States--21st century.
Financial crises--History.--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.

LC Class. No.: HC106.83 / .L5 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 330.973