Liar's Poker
- 310 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The author recounts his experiences on the lucrative Wall Street bond market of the 1980s, where young traders made millions in a very short time, in a humorous account of greed and epic folly.
Michael Lewis’s “Big Short” series pulls back the curtain on Wall Street’s mortgage bubble and its collapse. “The Big Short” follows a handful of outsiders who spotted systemic risk early and bet against the market. “Liar’s Poker” is a gritty insider chronicle of Salomon Brothers, greed, and the high-risk culture of the 1980s. Together, the books deliver a riveting portrait of finance, failure, and the few who read the signals.


The author recounts his experiences on the lucrative Wall Street bond market of the 1980s, where young traders made millions in a very short time, in a humorous account of greed and epic folly.
From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, this title tells the story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that the biggest credit bubble of all time was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a killing.