The big short
Subtitle: inside the doomsday machine
By: Michael Lewis
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780393338829
Subjects: Economic conditions; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Financial crises; History
Description: 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.
Notes: "With a new afterword"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A secret origin story; title: In the land of the blind; title: "How can a guy who can't speak English lie?"; title: How to harvest a migrant worker; title: Accidental capitalists; title: Spider-man at the Venetian; title: The great treasure hunt; title: The long quiet; title: A death of interest; title: Two men in a boat.