[PDF] Boomerang Travels In The New Third World eBook

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 28,56 MB
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0393082245

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“Lewis shows again why he is the leading journalist of his generation.”—Kyle Smith, Forbes The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. Michael Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American reader to a comfortable complacency: oh, those foolish foreigners. But when he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the narrative is a trap baited with humor, and we understand the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0393081818

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Explores the causes of the 2008 American financial crisis, and looks at similar situations that have occurred in other parts of the world.

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 10,74 MB
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 039333869X

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The author recounts his experiences on the lucrative Wall Street bond market of the 1980s, where young traders made millions in a very short time, in a humorous account of greed and epic folly.

Author : Michael M. Lewis
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,31 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Current Events
ISBN :

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From the author of the bestselling "Liar's Poker" comes a wickedly funny and astute chronicle of the 1996 presidential campaign--and how Americans go about choosing their leaders at the turn of the century. A striking look at our culture and its politics and the mammoth unlikelihood of connection between the inauthentic modern candidate and the voter's passions and desires, "Losers" is sure to be a winner. 10 photos.

Author : Michael M. Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,34 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393048136

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Tells the unlikely story of Silicon Valley through the life of one of its great achievers--Jim Clark, who founded Silicon Graphics and Netscape and may be on the verge of another trillion-dollar company.

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 37,3 MB
Release : 2011-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393066791

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The classic warts-and-all portrait of the 1980s financial scene. The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of '29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade.

Author : Robert B. Reich
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 034580449X

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America’s economy and democracy are working for the benefit of an ever-fewer privileged and powerful people. But rather than just complain about it or give up on the system, we must join together and make it work for all of us. In this timely book, Robert B. Reich argues that nothing good happens in Washington unless citizens are energized and organized to make sure Washington acts in the public good. The first step is to see the big picture. Beyond Outrage connects the dots, showing why the increasing share of income and wealth going to the top has hobbled jobs and growth for everyone else, undermining our democracy; caused Americans to become increasingly cynical about public life; and turned many Americans against one another. He also explains why the proposals of the “regressive right” are dead wrong and provides a clear roadmap of what must be done instead. Here’s a plan for action for everyone who cares about the future of America.

Author : David Carey
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 24,5 MB
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0307886026

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The story of Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone, and a financial revolution, King of Capital is the greatest untold success story on Wall Street. In King of Capital, David Carey and John Morris show how Blackstone (and other private equity firms) transformed themselves from gamblers, hostile-takeover artists, and ‘barbarians at the gate’ into disciplined, risk-conscious investors while the financial establishment—banks and investment bankers such as Citigroup, Bear Stearns, Lehman, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley—were recklessly assuming risks, leveraging up to astronomical levels and driving the economy to the brink of disaster. Now, not only have Blackstone and a small coterie of competitors wrested control of corporations around the globe, but they have emerged as a major force on Wall Street, challenging the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for dominance. Insightful and hard-hitting, filled with never-before-revealed details about the workings of a heretofore secretive company that was the personal fiefdom of Schwarzman and Peter Peterson, King of Capital shows how Blackstone and private equity will drive the economy and provide a model for how financing will work in the years to come.

Author : Carmen M. Reinhart
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 2011-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691152640

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An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0393330478

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Story of Michael Oher, a rising gridiron star, who was rescued from the ghettos of Memphis and placed with a wealthy family to help develop his football skills.