"feed me, seymour"

[rone]

Michael Lewis is a very good writer.  I loved Moneyball, but i'm a big baseball fan.  palecur loved it even more than i did (he read it in a day or two), and he's not.  Lewis's writing is compelling and cogent, and he has a knack for getting great conversation from his subjects.

Lewis has written a follow-up to his first book, Liar's Poker, in which he talks to people to find out how our current financial crisis happened, and why it was, perhaps, unavoidable.  It's a fantastic read that will probably leave you clutching your head like a stunned monkey at times.  It's longer than your typical article, but it's worth reading.

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[adb-jaeger.livejournal.com]

This piece is popping up all over the doom&gloom blogs I read.

Definitely first rate!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

The bull picture is excellent, too.

[adb-jaeger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was. I worked with two guys who left Salomon to start a fund. I had read Liar's Poker before I met them, I had to read it again after the experience.

Lewis has the culture nailed.

Thanks

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that the real world was farming, making things, and art -- and economies that rose far above what one could make doing those things were really so much froth.