Book Club - The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Event Details
06:30PM - 08:30PM
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The Big Short is a non-fiction book by Michael Lewis about the build-up of the United States housing bubble during the 2000s. The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower--and middle--class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking. In The Big Short, Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor.
Look Who's Coming
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Nancy Ciraulo
MA '01 -
Carolyn A. Bahl
MD '85 -
Richard Robert Peter
MS '73 -
Cecille Taylor
'81, MS '81 -
Martha Lilia Alvarez
'08, MA '09
