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Feb 2022
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Other People’s Money: Dash Riprock and t...

Pushkin Industries
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Liar’s Poker describes many of the mentors Michael Lewis had at the investment bank Salomon Brothers. He chose to keep some of their identities secret, out of a well-founded fear that the book might cost them their cushy Wall Street jobs. Now for the first time, we get to hear their side of the story and learn their names.

You can order the new Liar’s Poker audiobook at Pushkin.fm/LiarsPoker.

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