tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23947392750725603902024-03-13T01:47:16.879-07:00Michael Lewis BlogMichael 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 BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-73289797850080913622014-03-31T07:28:00.000-07:002014-03-31T07:28:06.255-07:00Video: Is Wall Street Rigged?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dydgO_7aw4E" width="560"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-53892166620719253552013-10-07T07:23:00.001-07:002013-10-07T07:23:23.687-07:00CEO`s Would Make Disastrous Presidents <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ALBqO_NJHyo" width="560"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-54284393504701880922013-10-03T07:53:00.004-07:002013-10-03T07:53:42.058-07:00The Crash Of 1987<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KFa4-SRIhIM" width="420"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-87808737090297304742013-10-01T13:35:00.000-07:002013-10-01T13:35:20.947-07:00The Lesson Of Warren Buffett<br />
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“The lesson of Buffett was: To succeed in a spectacular fashion you had to be spectacularly unusual.” ― Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine</div>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-45238075544872000952013-09-30T06:01:00.002-07:002013-09-30T06:01:58.783-07:00Video: Conversations With Slate<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eAa8U4aEyXs" width="420"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-24459448712911822492013-09-27T07:46:00.002-07:002013-09-27T07:46:30.517-07:00Video: The Merits Of Success & Luck<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TKKsXLtovm4" width="560"></iframe>
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After providing some thought-provoking words to the graduates of Princeton's Class of 2012, author Michael Lewis speaks with Jeffrey Brown on the merits of success, the relationship between luck and good fortune, and the responsibility luck warrants.<br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-64634301634033866262013-09-23T06:34:00.001-07:002013-09-23T06:34:18.835-07:00Being A Writer: Sound Like Yourself<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bSlgYceBCRY" width="450"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-11425926291116934372013-09-19T03:44:00.001-07:002013-09-19T03:45:40.169-07:00Video: Interview With Michael Lewis (Bloomberg)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="253" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/z28kNiOip0w" width="450"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-16030731451726982372013-09-18T03:21:00.002-07:002013-09-18T03:21:53.564-07:00The Dangers Of Short-Term Behavior"Part of this story is the story of a moral problem, and the moral problem grows out of the change in the structure of Wall Street. When there were partnerships and people’s money was on the line...they were encouraged to behave in ways that were to the long-term benefit of the organizations they belonged to. Long-term behavior is just much different from short-term behavior—it encourages a different morality. And for several decades on Wall Street, the short-term sensibility has been encouraged and compensated very highly. So what you’ve got is a culture that is all about that. Whether they say it or not, that’s sort of the water in which the fish swim. I think as a result you have, basically, total neglect of social responsibility." - <i>in Business Week</i><br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-66665449985811700822013-09-17T06:56:00.000-07:002013-09-17T06:56:00.152-07:00Is Wall Street A Place For You?"My sense is that even though the financial crisis has lessened the appeal of the big Wall Street firm, it’s still appealing to kids in school, for the simple reason that unlike Silicon Valley, where you do have to know something to break in, the barriers to entry on Wall Street are quite low once you have the [Ivy League] credentials. If you’re a certain kind of kid who doesn’t actually know anything about anything, Wall Street is still a great place to go." - <i>in Bloomberg</i><br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-51652049313950372542013-09-17T05:51:00.002-07:002013-09-17T05:51:57.170-07:00Lehman Brothers Was The Only One That Experienced Justice"Lehman Brothers was the only one that experienced justice. They should’ve all been left to the mercy of the marketplace. I don’t feel, oh, how sad that Lehman went down. I feel, how sad that Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) didn’t follow. I would’ve liked to have seen the crisis play itself out more. The problem is, we would’ve all paid the price. It’s a close call, but I think the long-term effects would’ve been better." - <i>in Bloomberg</i><br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-78276496557990285422013-09-05T06:03:00.002-07:002013-09-05T06:03:49.205-07:00Never Buy anything An American Investment Banker Is Selling"Never buy anything an American investment banker is selling."- <i>in Bloomberg </i><br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-86283080672118466012013-02-25T05:31:00.001-08:002013-02-25T05:31:21.435-08:00The English May Finally Have Decided They Have Had Enough Of Their Experiment With The American Financial Way Of Life"I also found myself thinking: the English may finally have decided they have had enough of their experiment with the American financial way of life. If what happened in the Western world financial system had happened at another time in history, there would have been an obvious political response: a revolt against the Roger Younts of the world and, more generally, the grotesque inequities spawned by the putatively free financial marketplace. If the memory of British socialism wasn’t so fresh—if people didn’t still recall just how dreary London felt in 1980—they’d be pulling down the big banks, and redistributing the wealth of the bankers, and it would be hard to find a good argument to stop them from doing it. The absence of the satisfying political response to the financial crisis is due, at least in part, to the absence of an ideological vessel to put it in. No one wants to go forward in the same direction we’ve been heading, but no one wants to turn back either. We’re all trapped, left with, at best, the hope that our elites might experience some kind of moral transformation." - <i>in Business Insider</i><br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-89535880879121070292013-02-18T07:46:00.003-08:002013-02-18T07:46:52.814-08:00Video: Kelly Corrigan In Conversation with Michael Lewis<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Q3On38TfVdY" width="450"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-43458151167491208732013-02-10T08:57:00.001-08:002013-02-10T08:57:13.818-08:00Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World (Book Review)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lMVBxxjEwe4" width="420"></iframe><br />
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This is the summary of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis.<br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-12046435419587599212013-02-06T06:13:00.000-08:002013-02-06T06:13:03.029-08:00Moneyball Interview: Brad Pitt & Jonah Hill<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m673F60Khag" width="420"></iframe>
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<i></i>Video Summary: Brad Pitt takes on the role of Oakland Athletics' general manager Billy Beane, who changed the fate of the baseball team. Jonah Hill plays his assistant. The chemistry between the two is obvious in this interview with Bonnie Laufer of Tribute as they discuss their passion for the "Moneyball" story.<br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-30071017752608515312013-01-12T06:08:00.000-08:002013-01-12T06:08:00.170-08:00Being A Writer: Sound Like Yourself<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bSlgYceBCRY" width="450"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-47761719625570113952013-01-11T06:06:00.000-08:002013-01-11T06:06:19.770-08:00When Wall Street Became Dumb Money<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="250" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b2zTnap4Y0w" width="450"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-42731824915517400322012-12-06T05:09:00.001-08:002012-12-06T05:09:33.220-08:00The Lesson Of Buffett“The lesson of Buffett was: To succeed in a spectacular fashion you had to be spectacularly unusual.” ― Michael Lewis, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine<br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-87355533134896898002012-12-05T05:15:00.001-08:002012-12-05T05:15:18.933-08:00Video: Success Is Always Rationalized<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TKKsXLtovm4" width="560"></iframe>
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After providing some thought-provoking words to the graduates of Princeton's Class of 2012, author Michael Lewis speaks with Jeffrey Brown on the merits of success, the relationship between luck and good fortune, and the responsibility luck warrants.<br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-70485108729925478712012-12-03T03:33:00.000-08:002012-12-03T03:33:36.703-08:00TVO Video: "The New New Thing"<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J_7DjIofU9w" width="420"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-37976065098157114882012-11-27T06:29:00.001-08:002012-11-27T06:29:12.355-08:00The Legacy Of 'Liar's Poker'<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/npAWlZGlqLk" width="420"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-39973856163530610572012-11-26T04:43:00.003-08:002012-11-26T04:43:45.734-08:00Video: CEOs Would Make Disastrous Presidents<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ALBqO_NJHyo" width="560"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-6356519063859152402012-11-23T05:38:00.001-08:002012-11-23T05:38:01.928-08:00Video: Explaining The Late 1990s Tech Boom & Bust<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8H6xElZiULU" width="420"></iframe>
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<i></i> Michael thinks the first bubble has been misunderstood. (in Big Think)<br />
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394739275072560390.post-20973347725462519502012-11-21T03:49:00.000-08:002012-11-21T03:49:15.470-08:00Video: What Is Moneyball About?<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UNMoUCoI5OE" width="420"></iframe>
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<i>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, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and Boomerang.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com