Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
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Product Specifications
Product NameLiar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
ManufacturerPenguin USA
Product Number MPN0140143459
Retail Price $15.00
EAN-1409780140143454
UPC978014014345
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TitleLiar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
ISBN0140143459
Author(s)Michael Lewis
Release DateOctober, 1990, 1990-09-01
FormatPaperback
Num of Pages249
Num. of Items1
EAN9780140143454
Weight0.5 lbs.

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Reviews
5 Star Rating  "Unbelievably Superb!!! A Masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "2008-10-04
- Reviewed By User: A2MCHJ1VX48U4H
This book was so inspirational and superb it may have changed my life. It changed my perspective on things and it was so funny and enlightening it in a way contributed to helping me go from a Junior Manager in a Fortune 500 company to Head of Division with responsibility over 15 countries in an International Fortune 500 Company...a must read for any MBA or graduate diving into the corporate rat race and wanting to know - is anything possible? the answer is yes. Depends how you do it...A great read. Thanks!
 
5 Star Rating  "it is enough"2008-09-23
- Reviewed By User: A1VTZBWQDF2X2F
Michael Lewis describes his corner of wall street pretty well. The 1980s bond market. He continually contrasts the practice and culture of trading bonds with the dogma of Economics.br /br /Over the course of the book it becomes easy to draw parallels between Wall Street and Feudal Europe. The Economists are like the Catholic Church in Feudal Europe. The Traders are like the Nobles and Royalty in Medieval Europe. The Job of the Nobles is to fight other Nobles over the right to control land, rent, and protection fees. The Job of the Church is to teach people who aren't Nobles that they should do what the Nobles tell them to. In exchange, the Church will occasionally ask the Nobles to behave a little better.
 
5 Star Rating  "A warning for the uninitiated"2008-09-07
- Reviewed By comrade_stuvak
This book should be required reading for all wanna be I-bankers. The author very convincingly describes the inner workings of a major financial institution. From the outside, the public only sees the expensive suits and tall glass buildings and are suitably impressed by the knowledge and skills of those who works inside. But the author takes us behind the doors to show frighteningly how the lifeblood of the world is controlled by a bunch of 25 year olds who have little idea of the magnitude of their actions.
 
5 Star Rating  "Liar's Mortgage"2008-07-17
- Reviewed By User: A40H8OV831NRP
Michael Lewis' Liar's Poker is a must read for anyone trying to understand the 2008 crisis in mortgage lending and home ownership. In fact, a new edition of the book should be published with a forward by Ben Bernake or Hank Paulson. The autobiography describes a mid-1980's newbie to Wall Street and his induction into the fraternity of mortgage traders at Salomon Brothers and junk bond traders at Drexel. This book rises above a rite of passage story because of the financial chaos which happened during the next three decades.

The 41st trading floor of Salomon Brothers is where millions of dollars exchange hands in minutes. There is a blue collar culture of practical jokes, profanity, Mexican food and pizza. The characters might have come right out of Damon Runyon or Animal House. The main difference between the interns, the traders and the clerks is neither their demeanor nor education but their wealth. In contrast to other books which tell us about the best and the brightest, this book describes ordinary people with excess body fat, perspiration, greed and wealth.

As more homeowners face foreclosure and the US dollar loses value, it is not clear what message to derive from this book. Were it not for these failures of economic policy the book would join other interesting stories about the rich and privileged of Wall Street. But because of this failure of oversight, the book takes us from humor to cynicism and from a sense of national pride to a feeling of national shame.

Is there a ratio of capitalistic reward to risk which is unconscionable in a democratic society? Can this behavior be limited or controlled by financial transparency, tax code, money supply and credit leverage? How do we avoid these consequences of the creation and destruction of capital without moving down the path of socialism? Can we ever put to rest the saying that behind every great fortune is a great crime?
 
5 Star Rating  "Eccentricities of Wall Street..."2008-06-29
- Reviewed By igrigorik
An entertaining look into the life of a Salomon Brothers bond trader in the 1980s. The book offers a cursive overview of the financial innovations during that period, but the real contribution is in examination of the culture and the personalities of the Wall Street traders. Not without some embellishment, Michael Lewis does a great job of communicating the eccentricities and absurdities of the traders - 'the big swinging dicks'. At the very least, 'Liar's Poker' is an entertaining read, at best, an insightful look at what (and who) turns the wheels of our financial institutions.
 
5 Star Rating  "a classic"2008-05-27
- Reviewed By robcola
this book is a must read if you are getting into the financial industry along with "when genius failed" and others.
 
5 Star Rating  "JH"2008-04-25
- Reviewed By User: A22LD3DEVJW1OP
OUTSTANDING!! This is the single best book I've ever read for learning the basics of life in a Wall St. investment bank. Very accessible and humorous, yet informative as well.
 
5 Star Rating  "Wonderful, how could you not like it?"2008-04-23
- Reviewed By User: A1IM9G36JCCX0F
This is a great book. I mean, everyone else says so, so they can't be wrong. Yes, I want a job on wall street.
 
2 Star Rating  "Pretty lame"2008-04-17
- Reviewed By User: AXI9L6YELAN6O
I thought this would be more interesting. I still haven't finished the book and I bought it over 6 months ago. It's just dry. If you've ever worked on the floor of an actual exchange this is like kissing your sister. I have a totally different view of trading in the 80's and institutional trading isn't it
 
4 Star Rating  "Stranger than Fiction"2008-04-15
- Reviewed By User: A3JI00WWNLCT5Y
Much of what Lewis' writes about is true. Particularly as a trainee investment banker you are thrown in and expected to know how financial markets work. I have been a banker for 20 years and can only now confidently say I know half of what I am talking about. Mind you most clients I talk to really don't have a clue - another anecdote that Lewis brings to life. This is a great read for those with insight or interest in the Wall Street set, fast paced and so funny because its true. On top of it all, it offers great insight into an interesting part of financial history, much of which has parallels to the 2007 Credit Crisis - happy reading
 
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