Before the crash of 2008, there was another era of wild excess and staggering risk on Wall Street. It was the 1980s bond market, a world of big egos, bigger bonuses, and a high-stakes game called Liar’s Poker.In today’s 5-minute briefing on Michael Lewis’s iconic, semi-autobiographical book, “Liar’s Poker,” we get a peek behind the curtain at Salomon Brothers. Discover the culture of greed and gamesmanship that defined an era and ultimately led to chaos.
Michael Lewis is a premier non-fiction author and financial journalist who famously exposed Wall Street’s excesses in "Liar’s Poker," drawing on his former career as a bond trader. He is an authority on finance, sports analytics, and behavioral psychology, known for turning complex subjects into …
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