Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis

"Liar's Poker" este o carte autobiografica scrisa de Michael Lewis care exploreaza lumea plina de adrenalina a pietei financiare de la Wall Street din anii '80. Prin ochii sai, Lewis ofera o privire captivanta in interiorul culturii de lucru a bancilor de investitii, evidentiind mentalitatea agresiva, jocurile de putere si riscurile implicate in lumea tranzactiilor financiare speculative. Cartea descrie, de asemenea, povestea propriei sale ascensiuni in aceasta lume, incepand ca absolvent de la Universitatea Princeton si evoluand rapid intr-un trader de succes. "Liar's Poker" este o lectura fascinanta, amuzanta si plina de invataminte despre natura umana si lumea financiara extrem de competitiva din Wall Street.The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar's Poker.Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street's premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from cal