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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third WorldIcelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. Michael Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American reader to a comfortable complacency: oh, those foolish
Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish.
Michael Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American reader to a comfortable complacency: oh, those foolish foreigners. But when he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the narrative is a trap baited with humor, and we understand the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/04/2012
ISBN: 9780393343441
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.56w x 0.58d
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A Lovely Keepsake!
Format: Paperback
This is a lovely keepsake. Excellent quality print!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Excellent guide thru the museum!
Format: Paperback
Love the color pictures and explanation of all the displays they have. Very informative. Definitely want to visit.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021
★★★★★ 5
Great book about a Great museum.
Format: Paperback
Great book, I have visited the museum and was only able to finish the first three basement floors... yes it was that intense. The book helps me read up more on my own time at home. I look forward to visiting the museum again, whenever I get lucky and score some tickets on the next lottery time. This book will tide me until then for the next visit to the upper floors this time.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2017
★★★★★ 5
Great keepsake!
Format: Paperback
A must have book especially if you have visited the Museum of African American Art...and inspirational to visit
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Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Priceless !!
Format: Paperback
Beautiful and well detail keepsake. If you haven't visit the museum, then you would want to purchase this historical book. It is loaded with pictures and history of every item on display.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2017