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Michael Lewis, born on October 15, 1960, is a renowned American author. His works are known for their in-depth investigations and revelations of the truths in the financial, business, and sports worlds.

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“Like Adam, formed from clay, children are formed from the biological material of which they are made or by the hands of their parents.”

Children Made Hands Parent Materials Adam Clay

Book:Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

Source: Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

“Looking into it a bit, Jamie found that the model used by Wall Street to price LEAPs, the Black-Scholes option pricing model, made some strange assumptions.”

Made Used Found Bits Black Streets Strange Wall Models Assumption Leap Jamie Scholes Pricing

Book:The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

“The Germans made just about every bad investment you could have made in the last 10 years. They invested in Icelandic banks. They invested in Greek government bonds. They were heavy into Irish banks, big into Irish banks, and they bought U.S. subprime mortgage bonds.”

Made Bigs Government Investment Heavy Greek Mortgage

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“Wall Street is not being made a scapegoat for this crisis: they really did this.”

Made Streets Wall Crisis Scapegoat

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“Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it's still being made all over the place, all the time.”

Made Stills Tradition Baseball Profit Exploits

Book:Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Source: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

“That was how a Salomon bond trader thought: He forgot whatever it was that he wanted to do for a minute and put his finger on the pulse of the market. If the market felt fidgety, if people were scared or desperate, he herded them like sheep into a corner, then made them pay for their uncertainty. He sat on the market until it puked gold coins. Then he worried about what he wanted to do.”

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“If you had to point to one thing that made it less likely that the Red Sox would win the World Series, I would say it was those people that go to Fenway Park to watch the games. And then the media around it.”

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Born: October 15, 1960
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Quotes: 194

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