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Michael Lewis is represented in the Globusz Books library by 5 reviewed books. This page brings those summaries together so readers can compare the author’s available work before choosing what to read.
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Reviewed summary
Michael Lewis exposes how high-frequency traders turn milliseconds into millions by exploiting the stock market’s hidden speed advantages. This isn’t just fast trading—it’s a tech-powered rigging of the system that leaves regular investors paying the price. What happens when one trader discovers the secret and decides to fight back?
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Michael Lewis pulls back the curtain on the 2008 financial crisis, spotlighting the few who saw the housing bubble collapse before it blew up. This isn’t just a story about numbers—it’s about people betting against the system while everyone else was still partying. How did complex financial products mask such a disaster for so long?
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Michael Lewis zeroes in on Jim Clark, the entrepreneur who made chasing the 'New New Thing' a full-time obsession. This book pulls back the curtain on Silicon Valley’s feverish pace, where innovation races ahead of profit and risk-taking is just another day at the office. It’s a messy, thrilling snapshot of a culture addicted to disruption.
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Michael Lewis’s "The Undoing Project" reveals how two Israeli psychologists dismantled the myth of human rationality. Their research uncovered the predictable mental shortcuts that trip us up daily. Why do the same biases keep fooling us? It’s all in the quirks of our decision-making wiring.
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Two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, rewrote the rules of how we make decisions. Their groundbreaking research revealed that our brains rely on mental shortcuts that often lead us astray. How do these quirks shape everything from Wall Street to your daily choices? "The Undoing Project" unpacks the science and the friendship behind it all.
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