01394cam a2200265 4500 1147846775 TxAuBib |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2011288002 9780393338829 paperback 0393338827 paperback TxAuBib Lewis, Michael, (Michael M.) The big short : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis. New York : W.W. Norton, ♭2011. xviii, 291 p. ; 21 cm. ""With a new afterword""--Cover. Includes index. 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. 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. Financial crises United States History 21st century. Financial crises United States History. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. United States Economic conditions 2001-2009.