Michael Lewis

  • Why Goldman Sachs is not a vampire squid

    Nor does the company "own" the U.S. government. Or at least, not all of it, writes Michael Lewis
  • Michael Lewis tilts his lance at AIG

    The author of "Liar's Poker" continues to exploit the financial crisis goldmine
  • The AIG bonus bailout outrage extravaganza

    Millions, billions, trillions. Should the numbers make a difference in how mad we get?
  • Iceland and Wall Street: A parade of fools

    The island nation should have stuck to fish, and Wall Street should have checked its math. Some reading suggestions.
  • The year of the financial journalist

    For the name-brand business reporter, the economic crisis is a lifetime employment guarantee.
  • Michael "Liar's Poker" Lewis comes home

    He shined an embarrassing light on investment banking in the 1980s. This week, he does it again, with bells on
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    Web site buys English soccer team, fans to manage by vote. Click here to shoot! Plus: Michael Lewis skewers college football's Big Lie.
  • Pigskin philosophy

    Football is more than touchdown dances and big hits in Michael Lewis' "The Blind Side," a literary take on the gridiron game.
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    NBA free agent madness: What's going on with all these giant contracts for mid-level players? Where is the "Moneyball" revolution in basketball?
  • King Kaufman's Sports Daily

    You may not have known Doug Pappas, who died suddenly last week, but he was watching Bud Selig for you, and writing brilliantly about what he saw.
  • Thank God for the Internet

    "Next" author Michael Lewis says that the Net makes lawyers look foolish and Wall Street analysts irrelevant. And that's a good thing.
  • The recklessness of the nerds

    A new book, "When Genius Failed," reveals how arrogant math geeks at Long-Term Capital gambled away billions and caused panic on the Street.
  • The decade's first must-read biz book

    Surprise! The most riveting tale of recent years centers on corn feed and price fixing in Decatur, Ill.
  • Is it time to buy Microsoft?

    Wall Street has pummeled Bill Gates' stock price -- and the reasons are more psychological than financial.
  • Why Bob Knight should bag it

    Indiana University's basketball coach is an angry, vulgar, violent creep, but that's not the reason he should resign.
  • Microsoft, Mahir and money, money, money

    A software superpower is declared a monopoly, free software rakes in billions and money makes the world go round: The year in tech.
  • Jim Clark

    In Silicon Valley -- where newness is next to godliness -- the smart money still bets on capitalism's most successful conceptual artist.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Is it Spike Gillespie who should be restrained? Plus: Michael Lewis' bogus attack on J-schools; art should be about seeing, not theorizing.
  • Welcome back, Lewis

    "The New New Thing" author once said J-school ate his brain. Guess where he's teaching now.
  • Adventures in Silicon Valley

    Hilarious and incisive, Michael Lewis' "The New New Thing" captures the elusive spirit of Silicon Valley.

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