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.
Michael Lewis retired from being a bond salesman at the age of 28, having risen from being a mere trainee. He looks back at his career, at the Golden Age of banking, at the company he worked for and the memorable figures within it, and at the spectacle of the financial boom which marks the 80s.
'We fed the monster until it blew up ...' While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a fortune. From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, this is the outrageous story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses who, against all odds, made the greatest financial killing in history.