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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.

1. 1
   When To Rob a Bank▲165

   New book from the authors of Freakonomics

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Freakonomics▲97

   A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Fools Gold▲81

   The inside story the financial catastrophe

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Shock Doctrine▲62

   The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Blockbusters: Hit-Making and Risk-Taking▲54

   An argument for why big bets are the surest way to success

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Margin of Safety▲55

   Risk-averse value investing strategies

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Against the Gods▲62

   The remarkable story of risk

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Chaos Monkeys▲74

   Obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Young Money▲77

    Inside the hidden world of Wall St's post-crash recruits

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Fooling Some of the People All of the Time▲56

    A revealing look at Wall Street

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Little Bets▲89

    How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable▲87

    The extreme impact of rare and unpredictable events

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Suspicious Minds▲68

    Why we believe conspiracy theories

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Fooled By Randomness ▲105

    The hidden role of chance in life and markets

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Big Short▲67

    Michael Lewis reveals the inside story of the financial cra…

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Chaos Monkeys▲94

    Obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Risk ▲3

    The Science and Politics of Fear

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The End of Money▲84

    The coming cashless society

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Boo Hoo▲78

    A dot.com story from concept to catastrophe

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Everything Is Bullshit▲86

    A Book by Priceonomics: The greatest scams on Earth revealed

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →