01410cam a2200277 4500 1297009847 TxAuBib 20110825120000.0 100222s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010004804 9780393072235 0393072231 (OCoLC)317919864 DLC DLC BTCTA MOF UPZ RCJ C#P WIQ YDXCP BWX LMR CDX VP@ IUL QBX TxAuBib Lewis, Michael, (Michael M.) The big short : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, 2010. xviii, 266 p. ; 25 cm. A secret origin story -- In the land of the blind -- "How can a guy who can't speak English lie?" -- How to harvest a migrant worker -- Accidental capitalists -- Spider-man at the Venetian -- The great treasure hunt -- The long quiet -- A death of interest -- Two men in a boat. 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. 20110412. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Financial crises United States History 21st century. United States Economic conditions 2001-2009.