![]() ![]() His talent is most obvious in his ability to spot inconsistencies, absurdities, and flaws in a system and explain them using great characters and narratives that the characters tell themselves. No one is better at exploring the technical world of money and finance on Wall Street (and in Sports) than Michael Lewis. It is a wild west were everyone is getting the shaft, except for the large banks and the high-speed traders. ![]() It is a world filled with algorithms that are all focused on a zero-sum game where the individual seems to lose every single trade. Between executing a trade with your broker and another individual accepting that trade through their broker there is a ghost world operating on mico-slices of a second. This race to be first, however, sometimes requires a pause, a reflection about what speed, transparency, fairness all actually require from individuals and companies. To get there first before other reviewers. There was a temptation to write my review before I had finished reading. Making the system deliver on its promise. ![]()
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