Danny conoman is a man who spent aged seven to 11 as a jew in france, hiding from notses because his father had misjudged the german's intentions. In this period of his life, he discovers, or cultivates, a really peculiar imagination. And this imagination is central to their work, but none of it self consciously. I mean, if we go back to, you know, my book starts with money balld. The premise of money ball is these experts using their gut, are inferior to a crude algorithm. Danny conniman was the opposite. His super power is doubt. He has some great idea, he makes it even greater by doubting his
Michael Lewis is one of the most successful non-fiction authors alive. In a series of titles that have sold 9 million copies worldwide, he has lifted the lid on the biggest business stories of our times, enthralling readers with his knack for humanising complex subjects and giving them the page-turning urgency of the best thrillers. Liar’s Poker is the cult classic that defined Wall Street during the 1980s; Moneyball was made into a film with Brad Pitt; Boomerang was a breakneck tour of Europe’s post-crunch economy; and The Big Short was made into a major Oscar-winning film starring Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell. In November 2017 Lewis came to the Intelligence Squared stage, where he was joined by economics journalist Stephanie Flanders, to discuss his work.
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