Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds

As Wall Street hangs on the question, “Will Greece default?”, the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country’s economic insanity.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Oct 1, 2010
Length: 46 minutes (11,671 words)

Betting on the Blind Side

Excerpt from “The Big Short”: Michael Burry always saw the world differently—due, he believed, to the childhood loss of one eye. So when the 32-year-old investor spotted the huge bubble in the subprime-mortgage bond market, in 2004, then created a way to bet against it, he wasn’t surprised that no one understood what he was doing.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 45 minutes (11,492 words)