Michael Lewis’ “Big Short”-reeks haalt het gordijn weg voor de hypotheekzeepbel op Wall Street en de daaropvolgende crash. “The Big Short” volgt enkele buitenstaanders die het systeemrisico vroeg zagen en tegen de markt durfden in te zetten. “Liar’s Poker” is een rauw insider-verslag over Salomon Brothers, hebzucht en de risicocultuur van de jaren tachtig. Samen schetsen de boeken een meeslepend portret van financiën, ontsporingen en de weinigen die de signalen lazen.
From mere trainee, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank. This is a tale of greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world.
In this visceral tour to the heart of the financial system, Michael Lewis takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the current crisis. He meets the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all of cliff.