A review by marcymurli
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

2.0

Although the book is well written, it's rather difficult to plod through. For one thing, none of the people Lewis profiles are remotely likable as characters; in fact they are literally the scum of the earth. But more importantly the complex factors that led to the subprime crash on Wall Street are not explained well enough. Finally, there are way too many f-bombs in this book, which makes it a difficult book to recommend to my students who are interested in economics.