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The Big Short
- Inside the Doomsday Machine
- Narrated by: Jesse Boggs, Michael Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics
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Publisher's Summary
The long-awaited follow-up to the global best-seller Liar's Poker, The Big Short tells a story of spectacular, epic folly.
It has taken the world's greatest financial meltdown to bring Michael Lewis back to the subject that made him famous. His international best seller Liar's Poker exposed the greed and carnage of the City and Wall Street in the 1980s; he wrote it as a cautionary tale, but people seem to have read it as a how-to guide. Now, he wants to settle accounts.
In this visceral tour to the heart of the money-making machine, Michael Lewis traces the origins of the crisis and introduces us to a new cast of compulsively fascinating characters. We meet the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel, and others who were actively driving us all off the cliff. Where did it all start? How could we have all been so deluded for quite so long? Did it really have to be this way? And who the hell can we blame? Michael Lewis has the answers.
No one is better qualified to reveal the dark truths about how our world really works. No one else could make it such an enjoyable ride along the way.
This edition includes a prologue read by the author, plus an exclusive author interview.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 03-04-21
Unputdownable
Absolutely riveting to understand subprime mortgage mess, fall of Lehman bros. & financial system collapse.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Abhay
- 01-04-21
Fabulous book
We need to read this and probably re-read it to put the current exuberance in context.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Shubham Saha
- 06-06-20
Really good book but chapter number are a mess
The book is great. As entertaining as the movie but more informative.
But...
Why are the chapter numbers all wrong in the audio book??
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Chris Waterguy
- 07-05-19
Riveting
Like a blockbuster disaster movie for people who enjoy Planet Money. Fascinating characters and an epic scope.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Tony
- 25-07-18
This books proves fact is better than fiction
You dont have to understand or love money to love this rollicking true life drama. i didnt want it to end and when it did i immediately bought Liars Poker. Michael Lewis is as smart as the guys that bet short.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Shreek
- 22-07-18
The best financial reporting ever!
This was my first Michael Lewis book and I am new to the world of finance. Michael has an innate ability to explain complex terms in a wonderful story format. I highly recommend this book to anyone remotely interested in knowing the financial crisis of 2007 and finance world in general
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 20-09-17
Flabbergasted
Narration is good. Story is interesting and shocking. Provides an insight into financial crisis which is a little sickening. You will not be a fan of wall street after this.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Luke
- 09-09-16
Fascinating and boring
This story is incredible. I watched the film and thoroughly enjoyed the story, and so I wanted to get into more of the detail. However, it's a seriously detailed read and not so easy to follow the technical aspects. But enjoyable none the less -- especially having the characters from the film in my imagination.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- SAURABH ARVIND DAYAMA
- 16-03-16
Awesome book, bugs in the app
This is a great book. however, the app did not show the chapters correctly. I found the app a bit annoying.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-02-16
Enjoyable story of disaster
A fascinating true story of the subprime crisis and Wall Street malfeasance. Leaves you with a distaste for what the US government did in bailing out the banks. They should have been allowed to fail with the cash and guarantees going to the savers instead of the speculators.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- M. Griffiths
- 19-02-17
Staggering
Great and awful story told in an engaging way through the eyes of a variety of players. I defy anybody to listen to this without having a visceral reaction.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Olivier
- 23-01-13
Sub-Primes for Dummies
Anyone who wants to understand the roots of the sub-prime crisis, which has plunged the world in recession for the past 5 years, should definitely get this book. Michael Lewis explains in easily comprehensible terms the concepts and reasons behind the splitting of mortgage loans into various floors and how this dissociation of the loans from the assets led to ever more abstract constructions which finally sent the world into chaos in the summer of 2008. A must read if you want to know why, and how, we got into the mess we are in nowadays.
7 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- christina
- 17-08-11
Just enough technical detail and a good story
I've worked a lot in financial regulation so I understood a lot about the events described already, but I still learned a few things from this. All the technical details are well explained and I think people without a financial background could understand a lot of it as well.
As for the story, it's well done. If I have a criticism, it's that it's a bit too black and white - Lewis's world is populated by two types of people - one group who are smart, hardworking and honest, and another who are stupid, shady and just out to make a quick buck. But I guess he exaggerated the characters a bit to make the story more engaging. And engaging it is. Would recommend to anyone interested in understanding what caused the crisis but not wanting to get bogged down in technical analyses
7 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Joe
- 16-10-11
Complex but enjoyable
If you can get your head around complex wall street 'financial speak' such as synthetic CDO's and credit default swaps then this book is a revelation. Or at least it was for me; I thought the banks had been irresponsible now I know they are downright corrupt. The great irony is that they made these complex financial models to hide the risk but the models became so complex that they didn't understand them themselves.
10 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Wras
- 10-02-15
A thriller that is still evolving into a nigthmare
What happens when you add complexity to an equation, then add more complexity and more and more and more, not knowing what the answer will be?
What happens when your long term is three month but your construct is measured in years?
What happens when men plan only for a myopic self serving individualistic benefit, not thinking for a moment about the larger society?
What happens when you stop thinking of other human beings as real but just streams of future income, expendable, usable, inconsequential?
What happens when you have so much money; you no longer understand the reality of others, when thirty million dollars is not enough to enter a game. when a hundred million only lets you pick at the table; when a billion is just a start?
What happens when the regulators all want to be the regulated because that is where the real money is?
What happens when you and your children pay for the insanity this questions propose?
I have picked behind the curtain, and what I saw was madness, mountains of madness.
The failures of our economies are the failures of our morality and the rot is so deep in our humanity, we need to have a radical removal of it virulence; or it will metastasise in all our values, and institutions.
Must read a thriller that is still evolving into a nightmare.
13 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Chris Downing
- 22-04-10
What went wrong, in a way you'll understand.
The politicians blamed the bankers, the bankers blamed the poor, the business people blamed everyone and we didn't know who to blame. At last a book that tells what happened and where it all went wrong, without the writer needing to play a political or buisness position.
Be warned though, after listening to this you'll find it mighty hard to accept the bilge that passes for business, political and accepted truths about what is the World's biggest financial disaster. Do yourself a favour and wise up to what's been going on. Start taking action to avoid getting sucked in to all this. This story won't be completely played out for another ten years - so it's going to influence you, your wealth and income and your well being. Read the book and get ready.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Judy Corstjens
- 23-06-11
Terrific
A dramatic story that leaves a normal person feeling very angry. The bad guys waltz off with millions and the good guys aren't exactly heroes either. Some details are a little hard to grasp for a layperson, but then again 99% of Wall Street insiders didn't quite understand the Ponzi scheme they were rolled up in either. An amazing tale of our times, well-told by an able story-teller.
8 people found this helpful
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- Philip A.
- 26-08-16
Dense financial detail made accessible
What did you like best about this story?
Explores complex minutae but in a way that illustrates the big picture about the financial industry as a whole
What does Michael Lewis and Jesse Boggs bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
I think I might have bogged down in the detail reading it myself
Any additional comments?
Anyone who wants to know how the financial crisis happened would find this very interesting
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Fiona
- 03-08-16
fascinating
Fascinating account of the financial crisis if 2008, sub prime mortgage bonds, synthetic CDOs, a real eye opener.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Srjane
- 25-07-16
If only I understood it all
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would recommend it to a historian or financial investor - but my dearest friends and family? No. I struggled to understand the terminology (even though it was fully explained in the book) and when things start going downhill - well I was totally lost.
What did you like best about this story?
I loved the insights into the financial markets and the characters that pervade that scene. It was great to see how the institutions look down on all us plebs and rip off everyone on such a grand scale. Scary
What does Michael Lewis and Jesse Boggs bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Loads of information and insights on how stock market works and also the world within the world and the influence at every level in society.
Did The Big Short inspire you to do anything?
It inspired me to see the film to see if it made more sense than the book. I got lost halfway through. The film sorted out the basics of the book but it also glossed over a lot that I still needed explaining.
Any additional comments?
I think you need an interest in stock markets and banking to really fully understand what happened here.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-02-21
great book, need Michael to narrate his books
excellent book. it would be great if Michael Lewis narrated his books. he is great in the podcast Rules
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- Thomas K.K. Morison
- 11-10-20
if you watched the movie, this book is different
this book follows a somewhat similar theme to movie however explores each concept deeply. recommended.
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- Lars Skovbjerg Klint
- 07-03-20
A great read
A great read for anyone as the global financial crisis of 2008 affected us all. The book has plenty of detail and kept me wanting to listen longer even with knowing the outcome. Looking forward to listening again in a while to maybe understand the bits i missed, I am also most interested in reading more of Michael's books.
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- W*BvK
- 23-08-19
Well Worth Listening to
If you are a student of business, wealth and success. This is a must listen to. I have studied this period intently as well as the 1930s, 1970s etc and I see the patterns. This book explains a lot and should be understood if you want to survive the next cycle.
I regret I can see a new downtrend and a repeat of this situation happening again. This time USA Auto loans subprime.
The USA and world mortgage stress (over 28%) which can and in my opinion lead to a recession and if we are not careful a Depression.
This book explains how this can come about and I am seeing it again.
Read learn, then read and learn about defensive and quality investing.
I have shorted USA bonds and bought heavily in Gold.
Funny Water is an extremely good investment in both the USA and Australia now.
Read the warnings read this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-19
Should be compolsary reading in Schools.
A moment in history as big as any. For all living at the time, young or old this had a profound effect on your life. You just may not realise it.
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- Robert Barwick
- 17-09-18
Better than the movie
The movie was brilliant, as it helped everyday people make sense of the complex shenanigans that caused the crisis. The book is even better, an indispensable resource for anyone trying to understand the potpourri of derivatives at the centre of the mess.
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- Enrico Massi
- 05-08-18
Read it, watched it, now listened to it.
Good stortu, well read, fast listen. Liked the updates at the end. Definitely a re-listen at some stage.
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- Craig Newns-Smith
- 26-10-17
Hard to fathom it's based on a true story
Fascinating, enthralling, deeply concerning and eye-opening all at once. A story that beggars belief as it's set in an industry that many of us are aware of yet know so little about. The level of detail and explanation of financial products was spot on. Enough to raise and maintain interest yet not be so convoluted that it all became too hard to understand.
Have lessons actually been learnt from this crisis or are we on track to experience yet another version of this story? Only time will tell I guess and if it does, I'll be sure to listen to The Big Short 2
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- Brian
- 08-10-16
Great characters for non fiction
Really enjoyed this book, eclectic characters embellished the factual components and provide a background context and atmosphere.
Found the narration clear, could even Double speed it clearly.
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- Katie
- 15-05-16
Great story and good mental test just to keep up
What did you like most about The Big Short?
I learnt something from this book and it was very topical. It was also a great workout for the synapses trying to follow the complex list of characters, transactions and jargon