Liar’s Poker

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  Charles Arthur

  “@bwgooner78 I really don’t have time to explain how financial markets work. Buy Michael Lewis’s book Liar’s Poker. It’s about 30 years old now but it’s absolutely perfect for understanding how mortgages come from finance markets and what bonds are. And it’s a terrifically entertaining read.”↗

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  Matt Levine

  “People sometimes ask me like “I want to go into finance, what books should I read,” and I always say “well Liar’s Poker and Barbarians at the Gate of course” before getting into more specific recommendations. I might add Diary of a Very Bad Year to the “of course” list.”↗

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  Dan Davies

  “@magdaborowik he's really good (I will even forgive him "Flash Boys" and some of the silly stuff about Ireland). Massive tribute to that book that people still talk about "equities in dallas" like forty years later”↗

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