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The big short : inside the doomsday machine /

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The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Michael (Michael M.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : W.W. Norton and Company, [2010]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States > Economic conditions > 2001-2009.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Financial crises > United States > History > 21st century.
Economics.
Economics
Economic Recession
History, 21st Century
United States > Economic conditions > 2001-2009
United States > Economic conditions
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009.
Krach, 2008.
Crises financières > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 2001-2009.
Économie politique.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
economics.
Crise financière.
Institutions financières.
Instruments financiers.
Politique du crédit.
Hypothèques.
Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
Economic history
Financial crises
United States
Financial crises > United States > History.
2000-2099
Nonfiction.
History
Online Access:Additional Information at Google Books
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Summary:The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.
Physical Description:xviii, 266 pages ; 25 cm
Awards:Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, 2011
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 2010
ISBN:9780393072235
0393072231
9781846142574
1846142571
0393338827
9780393338829
9780393353150
039335315X