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- Art Buchwald

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The Big Short: The Movie Michael Lewis' book The Big Short (Wikipedia summary) was a fascinating look at a few people who saw the 2007 financial crisis coming and profited from it. Lewis has a talent for explaining complex financials and making them understandable, and he had some interesting characters to write about in that book.

Now the movie is coming this December, co-written and directed by Adam McKay, best known for his collaborations with Will Farrell (who is not in this movie, as far as I can tell). Hmmm. The cast looks pretty impressive.

I really hope this movie is worthy of the book. Fingers crossed. The December release is a good sign of confidence by the studio.

Labels: economics, economy, Michael Lewis, movies, The Big Short

posted by Paul Murray at 12:22 AM | permanent link |

When boards go bad. No matter how badly people in your college -- or almost any organization, frankly -- they almost certainly didn't act as fiscally irresponsible as the recent presidents and board of trustees of the New York City's legendary Cooper Union school. (via Metafilter)

PS: 26 months between posts ... yikes.

Labels: education, incompetence

posted by Paul Murray at 12:30 AM | permanent link |