![]() ![]() He married three times and currently resides in Berkeley, California with his wife Tabitha Soren. THE OUTRAGEOUS NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW AN OSCAR- AND BAFTA-WINNING FILM From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewiss No.1 bestseller, tells the story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that the biggest credit bubble of all time was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a killing. After graduating, he worked in New York for the Saloman Brothers as part of their training program and later in their London office as a bond salesman. He enrolled at the London School of Economics and received an MA in economics in 1985. He graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in art history in 1982. He is the best selling author of The Undoing Project, Liar's Poker, Flash Boys, Moneyball, The Blind Side, Home Game and The Big Short, among other works. He has published 18 books, three of which were turned into best selling movies. He has written for Vanity Fair since 2009. Read on to learn more about the circumstances that lead up to this historical crisis, why those who caused the collapse didn’t bear the brunt of the financial burden (and who did) and why these seemingly random folks were able to profit.Ībout the AuthorMichael Lewis is an American financial journalist and bestselling non-fiction author. The book also details the experiences of those who managed to profit off of the economic downturn: those individuals who bet against the housing bubble and won. In Michael Lewis’ The Big Short, he chronicles the reasons behind the financial collapse, and how much of it had to do with those who preyed on low-income American’s with a lack of foresight or financial awareness. ![]() ![]() In fact, even something as seemingly small as the lack of knowledge the average American has about financial terminology played a key role in something huge: the historical financial crisis of 2008. PreviewThere is a great disparity between what those who work in finance know and what is accessible to the average American. The Big Short is a 2015 film adaptation of author Michael Lewis’s best-selling book of the same name. ![]()
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