![]() ![]() ![]() The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling Liar's Poker. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear in any case, they weren't talking. ![]() The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine, and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. Print The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine ![]()
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![]() I only watched the film today after failing to find it for months on cable or Disney+, which broadcast Nat Geo content. ![]() The film came out 10 years ago and shortly after the book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, which I read. He uses the analogy of a horse race between one of destruction and one of innovation. He questions whether we will give in to short-term thinking or make the societal changes needed to avert collapse. Jared Diamond, along with other writers and archeologists, say we have an advantage over these societies, which is we have a literate population, live in the Information Age and can learn from earlier collapses. ![]() ![]() These examples start with just a couple simple reasons to the more complicated and asks, can what happened to them, happen to us (the United States)? To illustrate that it could, it imagines a world of 2210 with a 5☌ warming (which climate forecasts say is possible) long after a 21st century societal collapse, with investigators of the time looking into desert ruins in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and the Mexican border as well as underwater ruins in South Florida. This film covers 3 collapsed societies: The Anasazi, the Maya and the Romans. ![]() ![]() Hak cipta film atas seri novel Percy Jackson and the Olympians dibeli oleh Twentieth Century Fox dan film pertamanya dirilis pada 12 Februari 2010. Seri misteri dewasa Tres Navarre menjadi nomor satu dalam Daftar Buku Terlaris New York Times pada 28 September, 2008. Dia dianugerahi Penghargaan Guru Besar tingkat pertama dari St. ![]() Selama lima belas tahun, dia mengajar di sekolah-sekolah di California dan San Antonio. Dia lulus dari Universitas Texas di Austin pada 1986, tempat dia mendalami Bahasa Inggris dan Sejarah. Riordan dilahirkan di San Antonio, Texas. Dia membantu mengembangkan 10 buku dalam seri The 39 Clues yang diterbitkan oleh Scholastic Corporation, dan menulis buku pertama dari seri tersebut, The Maze of Bones. ![]() Dia juga menulis seri misteri dewasa, Tres Navarre dan ikut menyunting Demigods and Monsters, buku kumpulan esai mengenai seri Percy Jackson. (lahir 5 Juni 1964) adalah penulis seri Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Riordan menandatangani buku The Battle of the Labyrinth pada 3 November 2007. ![]() ![]() ![]() For one day soon he will return home to avenge the murder of his betrothed and perhaps that will ease the dark stain upon his heart. Instead, she got fireworks, sparks, chemistry, and the perfect guy. In the meantime, he will continue to steal from the rich and give to the poor and evade the bounty hunters who pursue him. Ana DaSilva is looking for a palate cleanser. And the newest member of his troupe, the lad Little John, is lying about something. The Outlaw: If there is one thing Lord Hood is good at, it’s sniffing out a lie. ![]() It ends up in the wrong hands, causing everyone to fall in love with her except the one she desires most. Oh, but don’t forget the potion, the one that’s intended for the villain who ruined her. Now revenge on the other hand…All she has to do is: cut her hair, dress up as a boy, call herself Little John, join the traveling circus, guard her soul against the evil sorceress, battle dragons and avoid the lethal tip of the mysterious Lord Hood’s blade. The Princess: Happily ever after? Zaina doesn’t believe in it. Perhaps time and distance are the best antidotes for a vengeful heart. ![]() |