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Books by Michael Lewis mentioned on podcasts
Michael Lewis and his various books on finance, government, and society were discussed across several programs. On Breaking Points, Jared Dillian referenced The Big Short to explain subprime loans, teaser rates, and financial bubbles. On SmartLess, Mike De Luca and Will Arnett talked about reading Moneyball when it came out in 2003 and praised Lewis as a great author. On Pod Save America, John Lovett introduced Lewis to discuss his book Who Is Government?, which showcases the unglamorous work of civil servants when the government is under attack. During the same Pod Save America episode, Lewis and the host discussed several other works, including The Fifth Risk, the naming of characters from his research, and The Undoing Project, which explored Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. The host also questioned Lewis about changes in journalism since he published Liar's Poker and touched upon his other books, Flash Boys and Going Infinite, while discussing the activities of modern technology and AI companies.
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Moneyball
Moneyball by Michael Lewis is a celebrated nonfiction book documenting how the Oakland Athletics baseball team leveraged analytical models and statistical data to gain a competitive edge.
Discussed“When the famous book was written, Moneyball, that book was written at a time that many people didn't realize that these mathematical models were being used and the Oakland A's had a big advantage in it.”
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The big short
The Big Short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book examining the accumulation of risk and the bursting of the housing bubble that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussed“You ever seen the movie The Big Short? This is what happened.”
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The Premonition
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account examining public health and government response during crises.
Discussed“And and I and I think that comes back to like kind of a a problem from both directions which is you catalog in this is in the premonition. in in the fifth risk and and and and and you and your fellow writers in in this book”
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Liar's Poker
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis is a semi-autobiographical financial book detailing the author's chaotic experiences as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers during the explosive Wall Street culture of the 1980s.
Discussed“And you had a very interesting interview the other day with Michael Lewis, famed author, author of Moneyball and Blind Side and Liars Poker.”
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Flash Boys
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis is a dramatic non-fiction account that exposes the rise of high-frequency trading and Wall Street market manipulation through the eyes of a group of rebel investors.
Critiqued“Chances are that if you're going to write a book about trading, I'm going to pick on Michael Lewis here. Great writer. Great writer. Love his books. Love reading them. When he finally wrote about something I actually knew about, I went, oh, this is all wrong. Flash Boys is all bullshit.”
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Going Infinite
Going Infinite by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book that chronicles the meteoric rise and subsequent dramatic collapse of cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried and his company, FTX.
Critiqued“Ah, so we've been talking around the book Going Infinite, which is Michael's terrible book on Sam.”
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The undoing project
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book that explores the profound intellectual partnership and friendship between psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose groundbreaking work laid the foundation for behavioral economics.
Recommended“There's a great book by Michael Lewis called the undoing project that's about the relationship between Danny Conaman and Amoski, but also the ways in which the field evolved that I think is like pretty profound and a great story.”
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The Blind Side
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative exploring the evolution of football strategy and the remarkable life of Michael Oher, which later became a blockbuster film.
Discussed“And you had a very interesting interview the other day with Michael Lewis, famed author, author of Moneyball and Blind Side and Liars Poker.”
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The Fifth Risk
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis is an accessible exploration of the critical, often unseen functions performed by the federal civil service and government agencies.
Discussed“So I just thought I started got interested in the characters and then I found this character towards at the end of the fifth risk. I just picked him basically out of h out of a hat.”
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Boomerang
Michael Lewis's non-fiction work examines the financial crises in various countries and states, highlighting the severe consequences of irresponsible public spending and government pension mismanagement.
Discussed“and I just read a book on California politics by Michael Lewis called Boomerang about sort of like how a lot of the towns like Stockton went broke because of the pension plans and all that [__] blah blah blah”
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New New Thing, The
Discussed“okay I to Michael Lewis book s if you oh my gosh he's an incredible incredible writer his most recent one was called the premonition about the pandemic and it's incredible it's very good but the one I just finished was the one about Silicon Valley called the new new thing”
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Who Is Government?
Discussed“Michael's most recent book, Who is Government? Showcases the thankless, unglamorous work of doctors and engineers and civil servants inside the government at a time when the government is under attack.”
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