01599cgm a2200325 i 4500 567113922 TxAuBib 20210307120000.0 100222s2010||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 2010004804 9780393072235 hardcover 0393072231 hardcover (OCoLC)317919864 DLC DLC BTCTA MOF UPZ RCJ C#P WIQ YDXCP BWX IO4 TLC rda TxAuBib rda Lewis, Michael, author, (Michael M.) The big short [videorecording (DVD)] : inside the doomsday machine / Michael Lewis. First edition. New York : W.W. Norton & Co.. ©2010. xviii, 266 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20210307. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Financial crises United States History 21st century. United States Economic conditions 2001-2009.