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A review by j_m_alexander
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
I am real late to this read and doubt I have any new insights to really add - so, simply: A well-told, quick-paced deep dive into what lead up to the housing market crash/financial crisis/great recession by focusing on a few individuals that saw the shenanigans in the market for what it was and what it would inevitably lead to before everyone else and figured out how to make a smart bet against the house before the whole Jenga tower of bad debt came crashing down.
It was interesting to look back at an event that seemed so calamitous at the time and directly or indirectly had a real impact on all of our lives, but it generally feels like we moved on from... probably because there have been other calamitous crises since + short attention spans and all that.
Very consumable. Excellent portraits of people at the center of the story. Makes you feel smarter.
It was interesting to look back at an event that seemed so calamitous at the time and directly or indirectly had a real impact on all of our lives, but it generally feels like we moved on from... probably because there have been other calamitous crises since + short attention spans and all that.
Very consumable. Excellent portraits of people at the center of the story. Makes you feel smarter.