Lewis, Michael

The big short : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis. - New York : W.W. Norton, 2011. - 291 p. ; 21 cm.

"With a new afterword"--Cover.

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

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