<B>A masterful account of today's money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe.</B><BR><BR>When it comes to markets, the first deadly sin is greed. Michael Lewis is our jungle guide through five of the most violent and costly upheavals in recent financial history: the crash of '87, the Russian default (and the subsequent collapse of Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble, and the current sub-prime mortgage disaster. With his trademark humor and brilliant anecdotes, Lewis paints the mood and market factors leading up to each event, weaves contemporary accounts to show what people <I>thought</I> was happening at the time, and then, with the luxury of hindsight, analyzes what actually happened and what we should have learned from experience.<BR><BR>As he proved in <I>Liar's Poker, The New New Thing</I>, and <I>Moneyball</I>, Lewis is without peer in his understanding of market forces and human foibles. He is also, arguably, the funniest <I>serious</I> writer in America. Michael Lewis http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search/a?searchtype=i&searcharg=9780393065145&SORT=D&searchscope=1 2008-10-27T13:40:21-04:00 An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the internet bubble, and the current sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place. 3409 9780393065145