Author Michael Lewis discusses The Big Short and the future of finance

[BugsandDaddy]

Very good interviewee. Michael Lewis, I really appreciate your position on things, especially your what seems to be honesty. However, the interviewer, really did a poor job in holding on to your well deserved fee you waived in order to do this interview.

[mrbigkell]

If we don't get our financial house in order soon, he should get BIG bars of gold and a REAL BIG gun.

[rooleybbq]

Who is the woman interviewing him? I like her.

[UCBerkeleyHaas]

@rooleybbq She is Kellie McElhaney, Director of Center for Social Responsibility

[rooleybbq]

@UCBerkeleyHaas Thanks

[cgaker]

In1960, ten (10) ozs of fine gold would purchase a mid-priced Detroit auto, the same applied in 1980, 2000, 2005, and today e.g., 10 Xs $1,800.00 usd = a mid-priced Chevy. Central Banks, fractional reserve lending or a debt-based ecconomy is unsustainable, and unnecesary. We need to boot-out the European old family bankster's suddenly, and start putting red Tresury seals on green-backs which we print! MPE with a flat tax is the answer....

[durdenlye]

Funny how all these supposedly smart people laugh out loud when he mentions gold bullion. Investing in gold would have yielded a 50% return in the last year since this lecture (even after the recent setback), and a 600+% return if you bought it right after Lehman imploded. No one laughs when he mentions indexed funds. S&P index is negative over the past year in real terms.

[bynddrvn5]

I would love to see Satyajit Das and Michael Lewis in the same room, just once to see what would happen.

Regarding his comment about how Wall Street firms had become "corporate" you have to wonder if this culture was part of the overall problem with Wall Street. I believe this type of environment would attract "book smart" individuals and not "d*mn smart" people such as Mr. Lewis.

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

criminals... the complete deregulation of the derivatives market in 2000 is the root of the problem..it's like handing retarded kids gasoline and matches and then leaving the room and then wondering why your house burned down....

Everything comes back to the deregulation.

[pretorious700]

The "financial reform bill"is a joke.

[pretorious700]

@milligoree UC Berkeley people are gauche by nature.

[gorgorybmus]

@milligoree Your comment doesn't make any sense...

[Fredrika25m]

Miligoree - I think she is brilliant. You are offensive. Michael Lewis is also brilliant-very grateful for the information.

[roblegit]

WOW .... very intriguing! Going to buy the book today!

[roblegit]

WOW .... very intriguing! Going to buy the book today!

[godisanatheist85]

first!