Séria „Big Short“ od Michaela Lewise odkrýva zákulisie Wall Streetu počas vzniku a kolapsu hypotekárnej bubliny. „The Big Short“ sleduje outsiderov, ktorí spoznali systémové riziko a stavili proti trhu. „Lhářův poker“ (Liar’s Poker) je drsné svedectvo zo Salomon Brothers o chamtivosti, egu a kultúre rizika osemdesiatych rokov. Spolu ponúkajú strhujúci obraz finančného systému, jeho zlyhaní a tých, čo ich vedeli čítať.
From mere trainee, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank. This is a tale of greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world.
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.