Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World Audiobook

" Fantastic insight into the global economic crisis written in classic Michael Lewis style --humorous anecdotes punctuated with economic lessons. He makes you forget you are learning something about the way the world works. "

" Interesting and well written, though it's obvious that it was original a series of magazine articles. "

" Interesting read about the recent global financial meltdown. Lewis not only explains the crisis in relatively straightforward language but also has several meaningful insights into the cultures of the nations that he profiled that help illustrate the whys as well as the hows of the various financial issues. "

" Such a clear discussion of the sovereign debt crisis, explaining how Iceland, Greece, Germany, and the U.S went wrong. As you'd expect from Lewis, he focuses on real people to explain the problems we face. I wish every American would read this book. "

" I liked "The Big Short", but in "Boomerang" Michael Lewis comes across as an arrogant, bemusedly condescending gringo, with all the depth of a bubble gum commercial. He weaves a competent story, or series of stories, really, each based in a different country hit hard by the financial meltdown of 08. But each story comes off as glib and over-simplified, and the author himself as really just a big cock. "

" Four five-star chapters about the financial situation in Europe with an extraneous piece on California tacked on the end. "

" A surgical look at a financial world gone mad. "

" Interesting and humorous read. I'd already read about half of the chapters as articles in Vanity Fair. "

" Much better observations than the Big Short and an interesting perspective on the European debt crisis that's truly fun to read. "

" One more time Lewis writes clearly about a total mess and makes it understandable. "

" As always, Michael Lewis transforms the complex and boring into a page turner. "

" interesting book. gave some good insights into the current economic crisis "

" Lewis just gets better and better. I have enjoyed everything of his that I have gotten my hands on. Currently reading "Liar's Poker" and since it is his oldest, it actually is the weakest of the bunch so far. This figures since he was younger and less world-weary back then. "

" As he does with sports, Michael Lewis makes global financial collapse interesting and even fun. "

" Very insightful view of how Europe got to be a financial mess they are in. Learned more about Greeks, Irish, Italian and Germans then I ever knew. Lewis finds the root causes in their history, culture, politics and macro economic events. Recommend! "

" Hard to believe a book explaining the collapse of world financial markets could be written to make the whoe thing so understandable and still at times, a downright funny read. "

" Didn't expect to like this book and I found it utterly fascinating -- good way for us non-economists to understand the basics of what is happening in our world today. Won't soon forget the stories about Ireland, Greece, Germany and most particularly, Iceland. Who knew? Not me! "

" Not as good as "The Big Short" but still entertaining and enlightening. "

" Just a great talent for finding the right characters to highlight the bigger economic story. A gloomy plot, to be sure, but leaves you with a hint of optimism. "

" An interesting book that does not paint a hopeful picture for economic recovery--mainly because there isn't going to be one. "

" This is essentially a collection of his 5 or 6 essays from Vanity Fair, 2 of which I had read. Enlightening and I like his writing style. "

" Lewis continues to excel at illuminating inherently complex and esoteric topics for the average reader. This is as much of a "page-turner" as a book about the global debt epidemic can be. "

" disappointingly shallow and a far cry from the Big Short. "

" This was an interesting book if for no other reason than it displayed to me how much I don't know about a functioning financial system let alone how a dysfunctional system worked. "

" Damn shame that people don't read this and start to act more responsibly. "

" great insights for the layman as to the causes of the international financial turmoil. primarily the Euro Zone countries. National character and culture has much to do with the current problems that the IMF has to deal with. Very, very interesting, a quick read. "

" Great until the last 3 pages. Otherwise would have been 5 stars. Lewis again captures interesting stories and weaves them into a compelling narrative. "

" Don't read this book if you are depressed. Or if you are in a good mood. Very well written and fascinating subject. However, not much good news. "