The Hit Farm

On Fresh Air today, Berkeley author Michael Lewis discusses his new book, Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour. You can listen to the segment or read the transcript. By Michael C. Lewis Marquess Wilson hauled in the pass on the left side of the field, split two defenders leaning the wrong way, and raced all the way [...]

On Fresh Air today, Berkeley author Michael Lewis discusses his new book, Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour. You can listen to the segment or read the transcript here. According to Forbes, the book is "a collection of financial-disaster reports from Iceland Michael Lewis isn't just a disturbingly prolific journalist who elevated Billy Beane to mythic status. [...]

by NPR Staff by Michael Lewis No two countries are experiencing the global financial crisis in the same way. And according to author Michael Lewis, you can tell a lot about each country by looking at its problems — and how they're being dealt with. After a hair-raising visit with former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who [...]