November 26th, 2008
I’ve always been of two minds on Michael Lewis. On the one hand, he’s a great writer. A really great writer. And to make it even better, he’s a great writer who’s also a good reporter. You can’t ask for more than that, really.
On the other hand, there’s something a little infuriating about someone who willingly takes advantage of a situation which he knows full well is crazy. Liar’s Poker was a great book, but there’s a weird smugness about someone trying to tell people how stupid and corrupt the financial brokerage system is after he takes several hundred thousand dollars from that system.
But ultimately, this seems a small quibble. Lewis is the real deal. And here he is revisiting Wall Street at the end times. It’s pretty great.
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