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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 332.620973 EAN: 9780140143454 ISBN: 0140143459 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: October 01, 1990 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Liar's MortgageMichael Lewis' Liar's Poker is a must read for anyone trying to understand the 2008 crisis in mortgage lending and home ownership. In fact, a new edition of the book should be published with a forward by Ben Bernake or Hank Paulson. The autobiography describes a mid-1980's newbie to Wall Street and his induction into the fraternity of mortgage traders at Salomon Brothers and junk bond traders at Drexel. This book rises above a rite of passage story because of the financial chaos which happened during ... Read More Rating: - Eccentricities of Wall Street...An entertaining look into the life of a Salomon Brothers bond trader in the 1980s. The book offers a cursive overview of the financial innovations during that period, but the real contribution is in examination of the culture and the personalities of the Wall Street traders. Not without some embellishment, Michael Lewis does a great job of communicating the eccentricities and absurdities of the traders - 'the big swinging dicks'. At the very least, 'Liar's Poker' is an entertaining read, at best, an ... Read More Rating: - a classicthis book is a must read if you are getting into the financial industry along with "when genius failed" and others. Rating: - JHOUTSTANDING!! This is the single best book I've ever read for learning the basics of life in a Wall St. investment bank. Very accessible and humorous, yet informative as well. Rating: - Wonderful, how could you not like it?This is a great book. I mean, everyone else says so, so they can't be wrong. Yes, I want a job on wall street. |
