Bestselling author Michael Lewis in "Daily Show" last night, where he talked to Jon Stewart about his new book "the Boomerang. Travel in the new third world”
In the book, Lewis tours bankrupt countries in Europe, Iceland, Ireland and Greece-and identifies "profound cultural traits", which contributed to the reduction in each country.
He spoke at length about Iceland, a small country, where the fishermen were transformed into daytime traders virtually overnight. "They were not prepared for this idea that you can make money from money, without any efforts," he explained. If you caught fish, and someone offered you a chance to become an investment banker, would you accept it fishing difficult. Investment Company, the Bank is not ".
But, according to Lewis, not everyone in Iceland was convinced. "It was just a man. The men told his wife: "I know what I'm doing." But Icelandic women were more sceptical about the sudden conversion of their tiny country into a global economic giant, and less surprised by the possible failure of its banking system.
That Lewis thought was a sign of the times, Iceland is now the first lesbian head of State. "The Women said: ' you don't know what you're doing". They have this understand how dangerous men with money. "
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