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Pros
The big short is a tale of misfits, the odd ones out, the non conformists who saw the us financial crisis coming and made bets at right time right rate. The book provides a very good narrative of what really happened. This book explains the financial ... Read More
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Quality
A very difficult topic handled very adroitly
Cover quality is good 👍👍but one page was damage ☹️
Specially frightening is the quality of the rating agencies who people look to set the interest rate not only for companies but... Read More
Competitiveness
Reading this book you will understand the 20072010 financial crisis in the world
Michael lewis is perhaps the best business writer in the contemporary world
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- This product had a total of 8,053 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 7 2023.
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But many terms were not explained or might be hard to understand for a person new to investing
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This is the best dumbed down version of the financial crisis i have read
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A bit of background in finance helps but nothing in this book is not understandable due to simplicity of the prose and clarity of recital
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You sometimes wish to see the real crisis unfolding but it just would not come
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But in this case as the blurb says the book is more of a thriller which is perfectly true
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For the man on the street who lost his money due to sheer criminal negligence and downright blunders committed by the us financial sector
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It is frightening to see the cupidity displayed in the market which lead to a recession
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Specially frightening is the quality of the rating agencies who people look to set the interest rate not only for companies but also for sovereign nations
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