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Unabridged
Author: Michael Lewis
Narrator: Michael Lewis
Genres: Business, Science & Technology, Computers
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Date: October 2007
Length: 5 hours
Ratings:
Formats:
  • CD

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Overview

In LIAR'S POKER barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In THE NEW NEW THING some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the Internet boom has encouraged great change in the way we live, work, and think. He finds that we are in the midst of one of the greatest revolutions in the history of the world, and the Internet is a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. The old priesthoods-lawyers, investment gurus, professionals in general-have been toppled. The amateur, or individual, is king: fourteen-year-old children manipulate the stock market; nineteen-year-old take down the music industry; and wrestlers get elected to public office. Deep, unseen forces seek to undermine all forms of collectivism, from the mass market to the family. Where does it all lead? And will we like where we end up?

Selected Reviews

Lost the Connection

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Reviews (16)

Lost the Connection

Written by Anonymous on December 4th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

There didn't really seem to be a theme to this book. There were several interesting stories (that did drag on at times)but I didn't find the connection between them as readily as I would have expected. Worth a listen but you may need to fast forward some parts.

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Written by Anonymous on March 15th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Wonderful book! I learned something new with each CD. I am now on to reading everything Michael Lewis has written!

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Written by Lee Werley from Chapel Hill, NC on February 26th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 2/5

This book dragged alot. Not what the reviewers claimed. I was dissapointed.

Great

Written by David Schwalje on January 19th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

If you've ready any of Lewis' other books, this falls right in line with them - totally eye-opening and extremely thorough.

Authentic insights

Written by Daniel Murphy on January 17th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Being a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the Internet hype/hope machine, listening to Lewis's outsider's POV on the intended goals and actual results of the "dis-intermediation" revolution was a thought-provoking experience. Taken with Friedman's "The World Is Flat", these vignettes are excellent introductions to the unintended and usually unremarked (here) consequences this technology is having, and will continue to have, of the fundamental verities of American life in the 21st century. Although Lewis doesn't draw grand conclusions, the basis of a political backlash and a new Luddite response seems pretty clear. All in all, I wish the book itself has been longer... ;-)

Good information...

Written by Anonymous from Greenville, SC on January 16th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

This was a pretty fascinating book but dragged in spots. Basically deals with how technology is changing the well entrenched "rules" of different markets. I enjoyed the sections about the financial markets and the music industry best. The book was released in 2002 so some might consider it a little dated. Would recommend.

Interesting...very Interesting...

Written by Trina Fleming on March 7th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Interesting and thought provoking...but for some reason found myself wishing it was over.

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Written by Anonymous from Alpharetta, GA on January 28th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

A few insights with some interesting anecdotes. However, the book fails to coalesce what amounts to a number of interviews into a compelling message.

Great Listen

Written by R Anderson on January 25th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Great story teller, very interesting points and backup. A true view on our times.

Great alternative look at the internet age

Written by business_reader from New York, NY on September 14th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

By focusing on a few pivotal cases, Lewis paints a much more detailed picture of the "internet revolution" -- the social revolution that accompanied the technological. Each "case study" highlights the essential core of the movement. Must read for anyone who wants to understand the future -- and the present.

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Lost the Connection

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Lewis, Michael

"Michael Lewis is the author of several books, including the international bestseller Liar's Poker. He is a contributing editor of The New York Times Magazine, a columnist for Bloomberg News, and a fellow at the University of California-Berkeley. He lives in Berkeley with his wife, Tabitha Soren, and their newborn daughter."