Liar's Poker
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- Episode: 568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis? | Freakonomics Radio
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioHis books include Liars Poker, Moneyball, The Big Short, Flash Boys, and now, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.
- Episode: Michael Lewis' The Premonition: The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading | People I (Mostly) Admire | 63
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireI read Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis's first book, just after I graduated college.
- Episode: Michael Lewis' The Premonition: The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading | People I (Mostly) Admire | 63
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireI was doing a job I hated, management consulting, and when I read Liar's Poker, my immediate reaction was that I would give anything to be at Solomon Brothers with 30 years of hindsight.
- Episode: Michael Lewis' The Premonition: The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading | People I (Mostly) Admire | 63
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireI recently went back and reread your book Liar's Poker; 30 years must have passed since I first read it, and I have to say it has aged amazingly well.
- Episode: Michael Lewis' The Premonition: The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading | People I (Mostly) Admire | 63
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireThe other thing that shocked me rereading Liar's Poker is exactly what you just said.
- Episode: Michael Lewis' The Premonition: The Only Covid-19 Book Worth Reading | People I (Mostly) Admire | 63
Podcast: People I (Mostly) AdmireLet's go back to Liar's Poker, because another thing that struck me looking back was just how awful the people in the book behaved.
- Episode: Do You Really Need a Muse to Be Creative? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 54
Podcast: No Stupid QuestionsAnd I think also Michael Lewis, the author of The Big Short and Liar's Poker, I love his work. I'm also a big fan of Richard Thaler, the Nobel Laureate economist.
- Episode: Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky With “Moneyball”? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 523
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioThis began with his first book, 'Liar's Poker.' My first job was in the very best place to tell the story about Wall Street in the 1980s.
- Episode: Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky With “Moneyball”? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 523
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio'Liar's Poker' is part memoir and part expose of the money harvesting industry.
- Episode: Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky With “Moneyball”? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 523
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioLewis did recently have occasion to go back and reread 'Liar's Poker,' and what did he think?
- Episode: Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky With “Moneyball”? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 523
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio'Liar's Poker' was set at the beginning of what turned out to be a movement to monetize and financialize everything.
- Episode: Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky With “Moneyball”? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 523
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioHe read 'Liar's Poker.' Yes, he had read it, and I think that's why he let me through his door in the first place when I got there and started asking him questions that sounded like the kind of questions you'd ask a Wall Street trader.
- Episode: Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky With “Moneyball”? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 523
Podcast: Freakonomics RadioNow you're talking about Liar's Poker here, not Moneyball, correct? Liar's Poker: pure accident.
- Episode: 4/11/22: An Interview with Michael Lewis | SmartLess w/ Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
Podcast: SmartLessMy first book was called 'Liar's Poker'; it was this little memoir of me working on Wall Street, which, by the way, is being made into a film now.