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Best selling books. What makes a good story, in your minding . What do you look for . Guest so theres no formula. I dont actually think that. The question you just asked me ive never really asked myself exactly. What leads me to want to write a book, because theyre a pain in the neck to do. You really have to have a level of passion about it. That its finding, usually what it is if i look back on it, its finding a person, an interesting person in an interesting situation that will allow me to ex...

As a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite providers. Now on book tv we are live with bestselling author Michael Lewis. Mister lewis has written many books including liars poker, moneyball, the big short and most recently the undoing project, a friendship that changed our minds. Michael lewis, you are the author of more than a dozen bestselling books, what makes a good story in your mind, what do you look for . There is no fo...

Exactly what leads me to want to write a book because their pain in the to do. Its finding if i look back on it is finding an interesting person in a situation that will allow me to explore interesting ideas. What almost always happens is i have lots of little projects stumbling along, magazine pieces of things im investigating. Become so interesting that i think wow, such a good story, have an obligation to tell it. Thats when it becomes a book. In terms of if you asked me to go to a class of s...

Asked me i never really asked myself exactly. What lead me to want to write a book because they are a pain in the neck to do. You need a level of passion about it. Usually what it is if i look back on it it is finding a person. An interesting person in an interesting situation and explore some interesting ideas. What almost always happens is i have a lot of little projects, magazine pieces, things i am investigating, it consumes me and i get to the point, this is such a good story i have an obli...

Brian sandra navidi, author of superhubs. Page 13 of your book, you write this, serial entrepreneur, super investor nick hanauer has cautioned his fellow zillionaires that the pitchforks are coming. Can you tell us whether you agree with that . Or why you think thats true . Sandra i think the pitchforks have been coming for a long time. I have been concerned since 2007, which is why i call my Company Beyond global because i thought we would see a huge backlash that would be global in nature and ...

Brian sandra navidi, author of superhubs. Page 13 of your book, you write this, serial entrepreneur, super investor nick hanauer has cautioned his fellow zillionaires that the pitchforks are coming. Can you tell us whether you agree with that . Or why you think thats true . Sandra i think the pitchforks have been coming for a long time. I have been concerned since 2007, which is why i call my Company Beyond global because i thought we would see a huge backlash that would be global in nature and ...

It is important for everyone to diversify their investments and spread it across different instruments

While I agree that everyone should invest in a better manner, Im more than a little sceptical about ‘misjudging scale, which is just a roundabout way of saying that people invested too much in a few assets. Isnt that just a way of saying that they should have diversified? Yes, of course, it is.

On the 25th anniversary of the failure of Long-Term Capital Management, we look back at the Federal Reserve’s role in its rescue, which ushered in the modern...

Even though LTCM failed 25 years ago, its ghost continues to linger and haunt financial policy. The lesson from LTCMs failure was that financial entities of all types and sizes could pose systemic risks