His books are great, but what he either failed to understand or afraid to tell is that all these Wall Street "sharks" are far from stupid. They didn't "loose" those trillions of dollars in mindless bets, they pocketed all those money by arranged "losses", and covered their tracks. But sooner or later all those money and people who did it will be tracked down and hold accountable. It's one thing to steal the money, and quite another to ruin lives of hundreds of millions of people all over the
I read the big short some is financial blabla but he tells how these assholes think of us. I would not blame Wall street entirely I blame Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan Bothe the Bush POTUS. A key name we all should know is Brooksley Born she was head of CFTC and she saw what was comming down the road Ruben and Greenspan slashed her before congress with the backing of Clinton. This book really gets you sick with the way these people operate they could care less about the country. Ron Paul 2012.
Wow. The end of the interview came out of nowhere 'Hey, guy we've just devoted a 50 minute interview, a bunch of people on Amazon say you're an asshole and that you know nothing; what do you have to say about that?'
I hope Michael Lewis doesn't really believe there will be effective government "reform" of Wall Street. I think he's smarter than that. Obama is owned by Wall Street, he's not about to really rock that boat.
@qwertypoiu4321 Sorry, you're wrong. Michael Lewis is pretty capable of discerning and articulating the facts in this matter. You sound like a conservative dupe.
Nonsense, our government says that the economy is doing great and they are clearly more intelligent then all the people who say the crash coming years before it did.
But in all seriousness, the economic "recovery" is more of an illusion then actual recovery. While the official unemployment number is decreasing as new jobs are created what that statistic doesn't show is that the underemployed number is going up and those are the people counted as employed.
His books are great, but what he either failed to understand or afraid to tell is that all these Wall Street "sharks" are far from stupid. They didn't "loose" those trillions of dollars in mindless bets, they pocketed all those money by arranged "losses", and covered their tracks. But sooner or later all those money and people who did it will be tracked down and hold accountable. It's one thing to steal the money, and quite another to ruin lives of hundreds of millions of people all over the
klinok19 3 months ago
The host's AMAZON submission was TOTALLY irrelevant.
CarMoves 3 months ago
I read the big short some is financial blabla but he tells how these assholes think of us. I would not blame Wall street entirely I blame Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan Bothe the Bush POTUS. A key name we all should know is Brooksley Born she was head of CFTC and she saw what was comming down the road Ruben and Greenspan slashed her before congress with the backing of Clinton. This book really gets you sick with the way these people operate they could care less about the country. Ron Paul 2012.
cdltpx 4 months ago
@cdltpx You mean 'Bernie Sanders 2012!'
ScottBrown666 4 months ago
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cdltpx 4 months ago
my sister just gave this book she got is for 2 Australian dollars havent read it yet
eaggzz 5 months ago
Wow. The end of the interview came out of nowhere 'Hey, guy we've just devoted a 50 minute interview, a bunch of people on Amazon say you're an asshole and that you know nothing; what do you have to say about that?'
Faboba 5 months ago
I hope Michael Lewis doesn't really believe there will be effective government "reform" of Wall Street. I think he's smarter than that. Obama is owned by Wall Street, he's not about to really rock that boat.
pretorious700 8 months ago
31:29- That is not true. The Federal Reserve/FM-FM/CRA etc. caused the massive bubble. Michael Lewis is an incoherent reactionary.
qwertypoiu4321 9 months ago
@qwertypoiu4321 Sorry, you're wrong. Michael Lewis is pretty capable of discerning and articulating the facts in this matter. You sound like a conservative dupe.
afterthemoneysgone 6 months ago 3
This fucking interviewer deserves a swift kick to the balls.
gregarious24 1 year ago 12
@gregarious24 I agree, he's an ass
pretorious700 8 months ago
Michael Lewis! Love your work
Lrud2 1 year ago
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jackusdk 1 year ago
i'ts funny how the interviewer looks like John Gutfreund
indukaev 1 year ago
MY NAME IS MICHAEL LEWIS OMG!!!!
TheVernalSwordking 1 year ago
What a fucking uninformed asshole the interviewer is
okikoikl 1 year ago
Good conversation.
normnode 1 year ago 3
why does this guy not like the F* word? And, asking the author why the characters use that word? That's how they talk...
calinder403 1 year ago 8
@calinder403 I totally agree. And it doesn't make sense to make such a big deal about it.
MohammedAlFathi 1 year ago
Michael Lewis..." It aint over", we are only at the beginning of the Financial Crisis, April 4, 2010.
ubuibiok 1 year ago
@ubuibiok
Nonsense, our government says that the economy is doing great and they are clearly more intelligent then all the people who say the crash coming years before it did.
But in all seriousness, the economic "recovery" is more of an illusion then actual recovery. While the official unemployment number is decreasing as new jobs are created what that statistic doesn't show is that the underemployed number is going up and those are the people counted as employed.
LordWolven 1 year ago