The book “Liar's Poker” came out in 1989. Its depiction of Wall Street culture — obnoxious, crude, drunk on risk — may seem very different to today's big bank trading floors. Nonetheless, the book is still a popular read. In some places, interns are even assigned to read it. So why the enduring appeal? And what are the lessons from the book, over 30 years since its release? On this episode, we speak with its author Michael Lewis, who recently recorded an audio version of the book, while also doing a short companion podcast. He reflects on his latest rereading of it, and what it means today.
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02/10/22 • 43 min
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Odd Lots - Michael Lewis on Why the World Is Still Reading “Liar’s Poker”
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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Odd Lots Podcast. I'm Joe Wisental and I'm Tracy all Away. So, Tracy, one topic that we actually don't talk about that much that we have a few times is like Wall Street itself, Like we talked about markets all different kinds of talk a lot about e cons and like theoretical finance like actual Wall Street banking, etcetera. We probably could talk about it more. I feel like we do quite a few markets stru
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