Bob H answers “I'm 12 yrs old, do u think i am too young...”

Winnie asked this question about The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine:

I'm 12 yrs old, do u think i am too young to read this book?

Bob H Not if you're intelligent, and someone interested in this book probably is. Given that this book is about a series of mind-bending and ridiculous fina…moreNot if you're intelligent, and someone interested in this book probably is. Given that this book is about a series of mind-bending and ridiculous financial schemes, it could have been a dry economics talk, and the author instead has made it a personality-driven story. It's how a bunch of adults, who should have known better, wrecked the economy you'll be growing up in. This story put me in mind of Disney's version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (in "Fantasia"), a doubling and re-doubling disaster that these geniuses started, contributed to, and couldn't stop.(less)

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