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Michael Lewis: The Bet of the Century

THE TRUE STORY TALKS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT AFFECTED ALMOST THE WHOLE WORLD AND LEFT A SCARY CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE STILL BEING FELT TODAY.

The Bet of the Century is a true story about several extremely skilled investors who, in the period from From 2007 to 2010, they took advantage of the situation of steadily rising real estate prices and the creation of large numbers of mortgages, and made their fortunes by unpopular, calculated bets on financial collapse.

"Currently the best-selling non-fiction book in America - which immediately became No. 1 on Amazon - is the book 'The Bet of the Century' by journalist Michael Lewis. He is a better storyteller than even Stieg Larsson."
Frank Rich, The New York Times

"In 'Bet of the Century,' bestselling author Michael Lewis tells the fascinating story of how a handful of professional investors foresaw the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and made millions."
USA Today

"A work of humor: a tale of beleaguered little people pitted against monster banks and fund managers who ultimately win. This is zealous delivered and beautifully written book. There aren't many reasons to be happy about the global financial crisis, but this is one: it brought Michael Lewis back to his roots and resulted in possibly the best single example of financial journalism ever written.”
F. Salmon, Reuters Blog, Barnes & Noble Review

"The story of the crash is, for the most part, a story of failure. But Lewis managed to find the peculiar investors who made fortunes by unpopular, calculated bets on financial meltdown ... [He] builds a story that is funny, insightful, profanity-laced and revelatory—full of hard-to-sympathize losers whose liberation and enrichment at the end we cheer."
New York Times Book Review

"Lewis has turned the crisis into a true financial thriller that mirrors the greed, negligence, fraud, incompetence and hubris of Wall Street. Both expert and non-expert readers will find this dynamic, engaging story not only enlightening but also unsettling."
Library Journal

Short Contents:

A Secret Origin Story
In the Land of the Blind
How Does a Guy Who Doesn't Speak English Lie?
How to Convert a Migrant Worker
Accidental Capitalists
Spider-Man at the Venetian
The Great Treasure Hunt
The Long Silence
Death of Interest
Two Men in a Boat
It's All Connected

Michael Lewis authored of the best-selling books Poker Liars, Moneyball, The Blind Side and The Big Short. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and three children.