Michael Lewis - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/michael_lewis/?source=rss&aim=michael_lewis en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT Why Goldman Sachs is not a vampire squid By Andrew Leonard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/28/michael_lewis_goldman_sachs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/28/michael_lewis_goldman_sachs/index.html?source=rss 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 By Andrew Leonard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/07/michael_lewis_on_aig/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/07/michael_lewis_on_aig/index.html?source=rss The author of "Liar's Poker" continues to exploit the financial crisis goldmine The AIG bonus bailout outrage extravaganza By Andrew Leonard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/20/the_morality_of_bailouts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/20/the_morality_of_bailouts/index.html?source=rss Millions, billions, trillions. Should the numbers make a difference in how mad we get? Iceland and Wall Street: A parade of fools By Andrew Leonard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/05/iceland_and_the_quants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/03/05/iceland_and_the_quants/index.html?source=rss 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 By Andrew Leonard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/05/year_of_the_financial_journalist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/05/year_of_the_financial_journalist/index.html?source=rss For the name-brand business reporter, the economic crisis is a lifetime employment guarantee. Michael "Liar's Poker" Lewis comes home By Andrew Leonard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/14/michael_lewis_on_subprime/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/14/michael_lewis_on_subprime/index.html?source=rss 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 By King Kaufman Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/11/14/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/11/14/wednesday/index.html?source=rss 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 By Michael Scherer Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/11/28/lewis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/11/28/lewis/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/07/22/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/07/22/thursday/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/05/24/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/05/24/monday/index.html?source=rss 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 By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/18/michael_lewis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/18/michael_lewis/index.html?source=rss "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 By Alan Deutschman Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/10/12/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/10/12/review/index.html?source=rss 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 By Ilan Greenberg Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/10/04/bizbook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/10/04/bizbook/index.html?source=rss Surprise! The most riveting tale of recent years centers on corn feed and price fixing in Decatur, Ill. Is it time to buy Microsoft? By Steve Bodow Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/28/microsoft_stock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/04/28/microsoft_stock/index.html?source=rss Wall Street has pummeled Bill Gates' stock price -- and the reasons are more psychological than financial. Why Bob Knight should bag it By Eric Boehlert Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/03/knight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/04/03/knight/index.html?source=rss 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 By Janelle Brown, Mark Gimein, Andrew Leonard and Kaitlin Quistgaard Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/15/best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/12/15/best/index.html?source=rss 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 By Larry Kanter Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/24/clark/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/24/clark/index.html?source=rss 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 Letters to the Editor Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/01/restraining_order/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/11/01/restraining_order/index.html?source=rss 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 By Alex Salkever Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/25/lewis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/10/25/lewis/index.html?source=rss "The New New Thing" author once said J-school ate his brain. Guess where he's teaching now. Adventures in Silicon Valley By Mark Gimein Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/10/22/new_new_thing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/10/22/new_new_thing/index.html?source=rss Hilarious and incisive, Michael Lewis' "The New New Thing" captures the elusive spirit of Silicon Valley.