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• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  His books include Liars Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short, Flash Boys, and now, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  The thing is, as you read Michael Lewis's book, it's hard to separate Bankman-Fried's illegal behaviors from the ones that were just sloppy or weird.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  The story really begins in 2017 when Bankman-Fried quit his job at the trading firm Jane Street Capital to start his own crypto trading firm, Alameda Research, as Lewis's book makes clear.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  Here is a passage from Going Infinite.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  He ultimately decided to make as much money as possible; his personal goal was infinity dollars, thus the title of Michael Lewis's book.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  Here's a passage from Going Infinite: Sam had long since decided that any discussions about his inner life and its consequences for others were futile.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  And I think I could be wrong about this; it's possible they canceled him because they just decided they didn't need him, but I think between the time they teed him up and the time they called him, they read my book and they saw that he presented the same kind of problem I would present.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  There is a particularly revealing scene, particularly sad scene toward the end of Lewis's book.
• Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  The book is called 'Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon' by Michael Lewis.
• Episode: 560. Is This “the Worst Job in Corporate America” — or Maybe the Best? | Freakonomics Radio
  Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
  

  And that Michael Lewis book on Sam Bankman-Fried has just been published; it's called 'Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.'