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Why the CDO market melted down

Anna Katherine Barnett-Hart wrote a paper while a student at Harvard that Michael Lewis used as inspiration for his new book, The Big Short. Yes, she’s that good. Clusterstock: We read through it, and what’s great about it is the…

Michael Lewis dispels rumors about Goldman Sachs

Michael Lewis dispels rumors about Goldman Sachs Financial author and former Goldman employee Michael Lewis wishes you to know that all those nasty rumors about Goldman just aren’t true. Really. Rumor No. 1: “Goldman Sachs controls the U.S. government.” Every…