Michael Lewis is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist. His bestselling books include The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, Panic and Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood - a Tracking Blog
11.01.2011
Fishing Is Hard, Investment Banking Is Not
They weren't prepared for this idea that you could make money out of money, without any effort. If you fished, and someone offered you the chance to be an investment banker, you'd take it. Fishing's hard. Investment banking is not. - speaking about Iceland, a tiny country where fishermen were transformed into day traders virtually overnight