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1、Liar'sPokerByMichaelLewisIPrefaceIWASABONDsalesman,onWallStreetandinLondon.WorkingbesidetradersatSalomonBrothersputme,Ibelieve,attheepicenterofoneofthoseeventsthathelptodefineanage.Tradersaremastersofthequickkilling,andalotofthekillingsinthepasttenyearsorsohavebeenquick.AndSalo
2、monBrotherswasindisputablythekingoftraders.WhatIhavetriedtodohere,without,asitwere,leavingmyseatontheSalomontradingfloor,istodescribeandexplaintheeventsandtheattitudesthatcharacterizedtheera;thestoryoccasionallytailsawayfromme,butitisnonethelessmystorythroughout.ThemoneyIdidnot
3、makeandtheliesIdidnottellIstillunderstoodinapersonalwaybecauseofmyposition.Thatwassomewherenearthecenterofamoderngoldrush.Neverbeforehavesomanyunskilledtwenty-four-year-oldsmadesomuchmoneyinsolittletimeaswedidthisdecadeinNewYorkandLondon.Therehasneverbeforebeensuchafantasticexc
4、eptiontotheruleofthemarketplacethatonetakesoutnomorethanoneputsin.NowIdonotobjecttomoney.Igenerallywouldratherhavemorethanless.ButI'mnotholdingmybreathwaitingforanotherwindfallWhathappenedwasarareandamazingglitchinthefairlypredictablehistoryof1gettingandspending.Itshouldbesaidt
5、hatIwas,bythestandardsweusetomeasureourselves,asuccess.Imadealotofmoney.IwastoldoftenbypeoplewhoranourfirmthatIwouldonedayjointhematthetop.Iwouldrathernotmakethisboastearly.ButthereaderneedstoknowthatIhavebeengivennoreasontofeelbitterlytowardorestrangedfrommyformeremployer.Iset
6、outtowritethisbookonlybecauseIthoughtitwouldbebettertotellthestorythantogoonlivingthestory.70PrefaceAcknowledgmentsTHEAUTHORwishestothankMichaelKinsleyandTheNewRepublic,StephenFayandBusiness,StarlingLawrenceandW.W.Norton,IonTrewinandHodder&Stoughton,allofwhomgaveguidanceandpaid
7、ontime.AlsoRobertDucasandDavidSoskinforintelligentadvice.Finally,hewishestothankhisparents,DianaandTomLewis.Theyare,ofcourse,directlyresponsibleforanyerrors,sins,oromissionsherein.Liar'sPoker2"WallStreet,"readsthesinisteroldgag,"isastreetwithariveratoneendandagraveyardattheothe
8、r."Thisisstriking,butincomplete.Itomitsthekindergarten
