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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Unabridged) Audiobook

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Simon & Schuster Audio presents The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine audiobook in a downloadable format. This book was written by Michael Lewis and narrated by Jesse Boggs.

This version of The Big Short audiobook is published in an unabridged format. That means that this is complete narration of the written book.

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Category	This Audiobook	Average Author	Percent of Average
Rating	91 Points	74 Points	123%
Price	$31.93	$18	177%
Minutes	567	355	160%

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Category	Michael Lewis	Average Author	Percent of Average
Rating	80 Points	74 Points	108%
Price	$20.64	$18	115%
Minutes	421	355	119%

Reviews and Tweets

Susan from Naperville, IL said on Goodreads:

Happy thought for the day:

At least I don't have to include a stint as an analyst for Moody's or Standard & Poor's to my list of professional shortcomings.

Tweets About This Title

On Thursday, December 06, 2012, @LatifNanji tweeted:

@AndrewMore it's easily the largest piece that was most avoidable. See Michael Lewis, the big short for details.

On Wednesday, December 05, 2012, @KissesFromNneka tweeted:

Just finished reading 'The Big Short' by Michael Lewis. Hmm..

On Monday, December 03, 2012, @BlackBeltJim tweeted:

5 of 5 stars to The Big Short by Michael Lewis http://t.co/tjz4SHVE

On Sunday, December 02, 2012, @luketjohnson tweeted:

4 of 5 stars to The Big Short by Michael Lewis http://t.co/qTwruZ1g

On Saturday, December 01, 2012, @Keano6_16 tweeted:

@Andy_Goodall87 Liars poker and The Big Short by Michael Lewis. Good reads. Same lad wrote moneyball/ the blindside

On Saturday, December 01, 2012, @jrunde10 tweeted:

From Michael Lewis' The Big Short "Who the fuck lends money to people who can't make the first payment?"

On Thursday, November 29, 2012, @bmac_ottawa tweeted:

@JessicaTurner01 My votes: The Big Short by Michael Lewis and Doolittle by the Pixies. Happy holidays!

On Friday, September 16, 2011, @SyedKamall tweeted:

"The unwillingness of US govt to allow bankers to fail was symptom of deeply dysfunctional financial system" The Big Short by Michael Lewis

On Thursday, September 15, 2011, @pxdelaney tweeted:

Vacation book #1 complete - Zero History by William Gibson. Next up, The Big Short by Michael Lewis.

On Thursday, September 15, 2011, @StephenBook tweeted:

finished The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis and gave it 5 stars--Fantastic! http://t.co/yyVZBEwR #Kindle

On Thursday, September 15, 2011, @SonomaMadman tweeted:

thank you michael lewis for "the big short." the clearest, cleanest, funnest description of the mortgage meltdown i've seen yet. #books

On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, @belhady tweeted:

reading The Big Short, by Michael Lewis. So intrigued by the happenings of the past 20 yrs that have left us where we are today in finance

On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, @doutormoney tweeted:

@hcinvestimentos Para entender a crise do sub-prime: The Big Short, de Michael Lewis.

On Wednesday, September 14, 2011, @sebmutimer tweeted:

Damn you @BookDepository & Michael Lewis for taking my money - Pending arrival: The Big Short, Moneyball & Liar's Poker #reading

On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, @500attempts tweeted:

A must read for anyone who gives a damn about this country's economy and how we got to this crisis - "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis.

On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, @LexaLynn tweeted:

I just finished The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis on Kindle for Android!

On Monday, September 12, 2011, @blame6 tweeted:

finished The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis and gave it 3 stars http://t.co/3dZHsOk #Kindle

On Monday, September 12, 2011, @ChuckWetherall tweeted:

Michael Lewis the big short = a phenomenal read !!!

On Monday, September 12, 2011, @marcelhun tweeted:

RT @IBM_IM_Support: RT @iodgc2011: Meet special guest speaker & author Michael Lewis at #IOD11 Author of Moneyball, Blind Side, The Big Short, and more!...

On Monday, September 12, 2011, @IBM_IM_Support tweeted:

RT @iodgc2011: Meet special guest speaker & author Michael Lewis at #IOD11 Author of Moneyball, Blind Side, The Big Short, and more!...

On Monday, September 12, 2011, @owenferguson tweeted:

If you haven't read any Michael Lewis' books already, I'd thoroughly recommend Moneyball and The Big Short. Valuable lessons for everyone.

On Monday, September 12, 2011, @sairam_krishnan tweeted:

#NowReading "The Big Short", Michael Lewis again. Helps that we can stack up on the authors we love so we can just keep reading. @Flipkart

On Sunday, September 11, 2011, @Luke_Laws tweeted:

@Derro_SA Also try the big short by Michael Lewis. Fails on your requirement of not being too technical though.

On Sunday, September 11, 2011, @chrisandandria tweeted:

Just read The Big Short by Michael Lewis.

On Sunday, September 11, 2011, @paulwdonoughue tweeted:

@LiteraryMinded Paul Krugman's Conscience of a Liberal is genius. Basic, overarching, well told. And defs The Big Short by Michael Lewis.

On Sunday, September 11, 2011, @mactenchi tweeted:

@zed Michael Lewis, The Big Short; Ken Jennings, Brainiac; anything by Max Barry or Terry Prachett.

On Saturday, September 10, 2011, @theholloways tweeted:

I rate The Big Short by Michael Lewis more highly than Liar's Poker by the same author. Cracking ms shocking read.

Summary

Featuring an exclusive audio interview with Michael Lewis

When the crash of the U.S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine, and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real-estate derivative markets, where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking.

The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real-estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages?

Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his number-one best-selling Liar's Poker. "Who got it right?" he asks. Who saw the ever-rising real-estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles?

Out of this handful of unlikely - really unlikely - heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier best sellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times.