The Big Short by Michael Lewis: E...

The Big Short by Michael Lewis: Explained and analyzed

Widening Horizons by Collin Tice
S1 · E4
Feb 3, 2026
19:09

Episode notes

This episode talks about the book "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. In this book, investors like Michael Burry and Steve Eisman identified a massive housing bubble fueled by fraudulent subprime mortgages. They used credit default swaps to bet against failing bonds. Despite corruption and rating agency failures, their high-risk shorts yielded fortunes.

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Investing
Finance

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