Jag snubblade över den här texten om Greklands ekonomiska kollaps av Michael Lewis. Ett helt otroligt reportage. Intelligent, genomarbetat och, framför allt, fullständigt omvälvande.
Det visade sig att det är lite så han jobbar. En massa olika texter hittar man via hans wiki-sida.
För den som inte är särskild intresserad av ekonomi (men vill bli!) är det en bra väg in. Om inte annat är det bra läsning enbart för stilistiken. Jag bjuder på en dialog utdragen ur det här reportaget från 2001:
“Remember West Coast Video?” Keith said drolly.
I looked up. We were walking past a derelict building with “West Coast Video” stenciled on its plate glass.
Jonathan chuckled knowingly. “We owned, like, half the company.”
I looked at him. He seemed perfectly serious. He began to tick off the reasons for his investment. “First, they were about to open an Internet subsidiary; second, they were going to sell DVD’s when no other video chain. . . . “
I stopped him before he really got going. “Who owned half the company?”
“Me and a few others. Keith, Michael, Tom, Dan.”
“Some teachers, too,” Keith said.
“Yeah, the teachers heard about it,” Jonathan said. He must have seen me looking strangely at him because he added: “It wasn’t that big a deal. We probably didn’t have a controlling interest in the company, but we had a fairly good percentage of the stock.”
“Teachers?” I said. “The teachers followed you into this sort of thing.”
“Sometimes,” Jonathan said.
“All the time,” Keith said.
