Summary of Michael Lewis's Losers

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The race for the Republican nomination began in Manchester, New Hampshire. I visited the porn-video store Forbidden Fruit, and the headquarters of Phil Gramm, who was campaigning for president.

#2 The Gramm campaign has spent $20 million of other people’s money to persuade voters that he is more fiscally responsible than anyone else in the race. The main result has been to scare off serious contenders.

#3 Gramm was very pro-family, and he treated the Conways as if they were archetypes. He did not explain how he would balance the budget, except for a felonious diagram he used to show how much money the typical American family would save from the resulting decline in interest rates.

#4 The senator is charming enough, but he is no match for Clinton, who floats above the Republican primary like a hot-air balloon with a smiley face painted on its side. Gramm lacks the ability to seem interested in what others have to say.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669358329

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Insights on Michael Lewis's Losers

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The race for the Republican nomination began in Manchester, New Hampshire. I visited the porn-video store Forbidden Fruit, and the headquarters of Phil Gramm, who was campaigning for president.

#2

The Gramm campaign has spent $20 million of other people’s money to persuade voters that he is more fiscally responsible than anyone else in the race. The main result has been to scare off serious contenders.

#3

Gramm was very pro-family, and he treated the Conways as if they were archetypes. He did not explain how he would balance the budget, except for a felonious diagram he used to show how much money the typical American family would save from the resulting decline in interest rates.

#4

The senator is charming enough, but he is no match for Clinton, who floats above the Republican primary like a hot-air balloon with a smiley face painted on its side. Gramm lacks the ability to seem interested in what others have to say.

#5

Every candidate knows that ten thousand New Hampshire votes might be the difference between winning the White House and ending one’s days in obscurity. Every voter knows this, too. The state is prepared for this kind of election extortion, and it works.

#6

The New Hampshire Republican State Committee Dinner is a special day for the candidates. The Morry Taylor people have planted signs for their candidate in all the best places, but no one seems to know who Morry Taylor is.

#7

At the dinner, I was seated with the press, not the Buchanan supporters. The only thing more sensational than a black man at a New Hampshire Republican dinner was a black man among Buchanan supporters.

#8

During the primary, Keyes would often get angry and scream at people, and he was often the center of attention. He was known for his hatred of Native Americans, and he once even charged Buchanan with racism against them.

#9

During the ceremony, every candidate insulted and criticized Dole, except for Buchanan, who was typically popular. Morry Taylor, a candidate who until now had barely been heard of, spoke passionately about how America was going to be ruled by the sultan of Brunei.

#10

The United States has been shut down while the two sides haggle about a few billion dollars in the federal