The big short

inside the doomsday machine

266 pages

English language

Published 2010 by W.W. Norton, W. W. Norton & Company.

ISBN:
978-0-393-07223-5
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OCLC Number:
317919864

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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.

3 editions

Subjects

  • Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
  • Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century
  • United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009