Michael Lewis

IN 1956 William Whyte argued in his bestseller, "The Organisation Man", that companies were so in love with "well-rounded" executives that they fought a "fight against genius". Read More

Last week, it was hard to do so amid the round-the-clock coverage for Facebook's initial public offering and the $20bn in paper wealth that Mark Zuckerberg gained. Read More

In a basic and fundamental way, a nation's finances reflect its character. Read More

A couple has been arrested after they allegedly robbed a mom in a parking lot then hit her with their car while trying to make a quick getaway, reports KTLA. Read More

Silver fell victim to selling pressure alongside the gold price, as it dropped $0.55, or 1.8%, to $29.55 per ounce. Read More

"Wall Street now is better than it was but the majority of what was wrong has not been fixed. I agree with Michael Lewis that the Volcker Rule needs to have a lot more teeth. Take the rapid trading by the computer geniuses with their algorithms: those people have all the social utility of a bunch of rats admitted to a granary. I never would have allowed the rats to get in the granary. Read More

But if you believe that what you have to offer is valuable, the published self-interview is an attention getter. Read More

Best selling author Michael Lewis was on Squawk Box this morning talking for a segment they're doing this week on what people are reading. Read More

Best selling author and Wall Street legend Michael Lewis was on CNBCs Squawk Box this morning for a segment the show has been doing this week on books you need to read. Read More

One academic study estimated, for instance, that in 2008 Americans consumed a total of 3.6 zettabytes of information (look it up: a zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes). Read More