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Michael Monroe Lewis is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. He is known for his nonfiction work, particularly his coverage of financial crises and behavioral finance.
Lewis was born in New Orleans and attended Princeton University, from which he graduated with a degree in art history. After attending the London School of Economics, he began a career on Wall Street during the 1980s as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers. The experience prompted him to write his first book, Liar's Poker (1989). Fourteen years later, Lewis wrote Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (2003), in which he investigated the success of ...more
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 | The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating — 161,359 ratings — published 2010 — 110 editions | Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars |
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“Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know.”
― Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”
― Michael Lewis, Moneyball
“The men on the trading floor may not have been to school, but they have Ph.D.’s in man’s ignorance.”
― Michael M. Lewis, Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
Polls
5. runde fælleslæsning: Februar 2013
The Great Gatsby af F. Scott Fitzgerald
6 votes 17.6%
American Psycho af Bret Easton Ellis
5 votes 14.7%
Lord of the Flies af William Golding
4 votes 11.8%
The Princess Bride af William Goldman
4 votes 11.8%
Ender's Game afOrson Scott Card
4 votes 11.8%
Delirium af Lauren Oliver
2 votes 5.9%
Of Mice and Men af John Steinbeck
2 votes 5.9%
Ham der søger Døden af Bent Haller
2 votes 5.9%
The Pillars of the Earth af Ken Follett
1 vote 2.9%
The Shawshank Redemption af Stephen King
1 vote 2.9%
The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game af Michael Lewis
1 vote 2.9%
The Satanic Verses af Salman Rushdie
1 vote 2.9%
De måske egnede af Peter Høeg
1 vote 2.9%
The Diamond Age af Neal Stephenson
0 votes 0.0%
34 total votes
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