Books Mentioned in This Episode

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Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

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"This 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."
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Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

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"'Liar's Poker' is part memoir and part expose of the money harvesting industry."
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Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

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"Lewis did recently have occasion to go back and reread 'Liar's Poker,' and what did he think?"
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Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

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"'Liar's Poker' was set at the beginning of what turned out to be a movement to monetize and financialize everything."
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Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

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"He 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."
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Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis

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"Now you're talking about Liar's Poker here, not Moneyball, correct? Liar's Poker: pure accident."