La série « Le Casse du siècle » de Michael Lewis lève le voile sur la bulle des subprimes à Wall Street et son effondrement. « The Big Short » suit quelques outsiders qui ont repéré tôt le risque systémique et parié contre le marché. « Liar’s Poker » est un témoignage incisif de l’intérieur de Salomon Brothers, entre avidité et culte du risque des années 1980. Ensemble, ces livres composent un portrait captivant de la finance, de ses dérives et de ceux qui ont su les déceler.
Michael Lewis retired from being a bond salesman at the age of 28, having risen from being a mere trainee. He looks back at his career, at the Golden Age of banking, at the company he worked for and the memorable figures within it, and at the spectacle of the financial boom which marks the 80s.
'We fed the monster until it blew up ...' While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a fortune. From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, this is the outrageous story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses who, against all odds, made the greatest financial killing in history.