TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,Michael TI - The big short: inside the doomsday machine SN - 0393338827 (pbk.) PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Financial crises KW - United States KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 KW - Economic conditions KW - 2001-2009 N1 - "With a new afterword"--Cover; Includes index; A secret origin story -- In the land of the blind -- "How can a guy who can't speak English lie?" -- How to harvest a migrant worker -- Accidental capitalists -- Spider-man at the Venetian -- The great treasure hunt -- The long quiet -- A death of interest -- Two men in a boat N2 - The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives ER -