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24 alternatives to The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Betting against the herd is scary and at times lucrative
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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New book from the authors of Freakonomics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Freakonomics▲97A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An argument for why big bets are the surest way to success
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Young Money▲77Inside the hidden world of Wall St's post-crash recruits
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Why so many predictions fail - but some don't
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A revealing look at Wall Street
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Little Bets▲89How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Fooled By Randomness ▲105The hidden role of chance in life and markets
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Michael Lewis reveals the inside story of the financial cra…
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A Book by Priceonomics: The greatest scams on Earth revealed
2014 · priceonomics.com · its alternatives →
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A VC & a high-profile Reuters blogger bet over bitcoin!
2015 · its alternatives →
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