Episode · SmartLess · 2022-04-11
Michael Lewis on SmartLess: every book mentioned
We’re an island of misfit toys with big-brained Michael Lewis (author of books such as Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game and The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine).
Sean Hayes discussed The big short by Michael Lewis, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, The Blind Side by Michael Lewis, and The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton. Will Arnett discussed The Premonition by Michael Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The big short
The big short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account that explores the housing market collapse and the traders who profited from the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussed“some of his books have even become some of our favorite movies such as the blind side moneyball and the big short”
Where to get it
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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“some of his books have even become some of our favorite movies such as the blind side moneyball and the big short”
Where to get it
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The Blind Side
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis is a bestselling non-fiction book that examines the evolution of football strategy alongside the complex micro and macro narratives of its subjects, and which famously inspired a major film adaptation.
Discussed“some of his books have even become some of our favorite movies such as the blind side moneyball and the big short”
Where to get it
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The Deficit Myth
The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton is an economics book that presents Modern Monetary Theory and challenges conventional ideas surrounding government debt and federal spending.
Discussed“The idea of the myth of the deficit… have you read that book? I just got it, that what's-her-name wrote.”
Where to get it
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The Premonition
The Premonition by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction narrative that investigates the public health system and the government officials who attempted to warn leadership about the impending COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussed“and you did an incredible uh example of this with the premonition right with the the expertise is the the experts you found there and followed them”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“i mean my first book was liars called liar's pokemon it was this little memoir of me working on wall street which is by the way being made into a film”
“My 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.”