false 4216241 3 <B>A masterful account of today's money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe.</B><BR><BR>When it comes to markets, the first deadly sin is greed. Michael Lewis is our jungle guide through five of the most violent and costly upheavals in recent financial history: the crash of '87, the Russian default (and the subsequent collapse of Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble, and the current sub-prime mortgage disaster. With his trademark humor and brilliant anecdotes, Lewis paints the mood and market factors leading up to each event, weaves contemporary accounts to show what people <I>thought</I> was happening at the time, and then, with the luxury of hindsight, analyzes what actually happened and what we should have learned from experience.<BR><BR>As he proved in <I>Liar's Poker, The New New Thing</I>, and <I>Moneyball</I>, Lewis is without peer in his understanding of market forces and human foibles. He is also, arguably, the funniest <I>serious</I> writer in America. 4263637 1 12 2008 Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity total:131|5:11|4:60|3:41|2:17|1:2| 131 454 361 41 2 1 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 21:45:29 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 21:57:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 19 10:18:22 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 10:27:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 15:09:47 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 12:46:14 -0700 2009
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