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.
From mere trainee, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank. This is a tale of greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world.
'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.