TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,Michael TI - The big short: inside the doomsday machine SN - 9780393072235 AV - HC106.L675.B547 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - Financial crises KW - United States KW - History KW - 21st century N1 - A secret origin story --; In the land of the blind -- "How can a guy who can't speak English lie?" -- How to harvest a migrant worker --; Accidental capitalists --; Spider-man at the Venetian --; The great treasure hunt --; The long quiet --; A death of interest --; Two men in a boat; 2 N2 - The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives ER -