The Big Short. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2010 book, The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis, 2010
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Adam McKay, 2015

In 2005, eccentric hedge fund manager Michael Burry discovers that the United States housing market, based on high-risk subprime loans, is extremely unstable. Anticipating the market’s collapse in the second quarter of 2007, as interest rates would rise from adjustable-rate mortgages, he proposes to create a credit default swap market, allowing him to bet against market-based mortgage-backed securities, for profit.


Moneyball. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis, 2003
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Bennett Miller, 2011

Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is hurt by the team’s loss to the New York Yankees in the 2001 American League Division Series. During a scouting visit to the Cleveland Indians, Beane meets Peter Brand, a young Yale economics graduate with radical ideas about how to assess player value.


The Blind Side. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, 2006
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John Lee Hancock, 2009

Michael has been in foster care with different families in Oslo, Tennessee, due to his mother’s drug addiction. Every time he is placed in a new home, he runs away. His friend’s father, on whose couch Mike had been sleeping, asks Burt Cotton, the coach of Wingate Christian School, to help enroll his son and Mike.


The G Word with Adam Conover. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2018 book, The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
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The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy
Michael Lewis, 2018
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Jon Cohen, Adam Conover, Jon Wolf, 2022

American documentary comedy show by Adam Conover. The show discusses topics and their connection to the federal government of the United States, with “the g word” referring to ‘government.’ The show is produced by Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama. Each episode examines a different aspect of the government.