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We are back with more with michael lewis, the author of "the big short" and many other books. talk about greece, which is at the heart of this european crisis and the future of the euro. you went to a monastery in greece. >> yes, i did. the greeks were actually kind of in an unusual case. in most of the countries in europe, the banks are sinking the countries. in greece the country sort of sank the banks in the sense that the money came in, the banks weren't corrupted by it. the banks remained very kind of sleepy institutions and didn't make a lot of money as a greek banker. the government too...

Michael lewis, the author of "the big short" and many other books. talk about greece, which is at the heart of this european crisis and the future of the euro. you went to a monastery in greece. >> yes, i did. the greeks were actually kind of in an unusual case. in most of the countries in europe, the banks are sinking the countries. in greece the country sort of sank the banks in the sense that the money came in, the banks weren't corrupted by it. the banks remained very kind of sleepy institutions and didn't make a lot of money as a greek banker. the government took the money and the governm...

Organize themselves and begin to make political change, give people greater freedom and justice, is the president siding with the demonstrators against the government? or is he playing a game here? what do you think he's doing here? i thought he was taking the side of the demonstrators, urging some kind of significant political change in that country. >> i didn't hear a lot in the direction of significant political change. i heard a lot about reform. and that is one of these very squishy words. i don't think the united states wants to see a massive upheaval in cairo and in egypt in general. th...