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Michael Lewis

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Michael Lewis

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1960-10-15 （New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Atheism
居住地歴
Lives in the Oakland Hills above Berkeley, California, U.S.

経歴

職業
Nonfiction writer, Journalist
活動期間
1989年〜2025年
所属
Contributing editor, Vanity Fair, Visiting fellow, University of California, Berkeley
所属団体
Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
影響を受けた人物
Journalism in The Economist and The Wall Street Journal, Tom Wolfe, Behavioral economists (Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, etc.)

学歴

Princeton University
Art History
学位: BA
期間: 1978–1982
卒業年: 1982
国: United States
Senior thesis: 'Donatello and the Antique' (166 pages)
London School of Economics
Economics
学位: MSc (Econ)
期間: 1984–1985
卒業年: 1985
国: United Kingdom

受賞歴

American Academy of Arts & Sciences (elected)
2023
主催: American Academy of Arts & Sciences
結果: elected member
Gerald Loeb Award (Feature Writing)
2009
対象作品: The End
部門: Feature Writing
主催: Gerald Loeb Award
結果: Winner
Gerald Loeb Award (Feature Writing)
2010
対象作品: Wall Street on the Tundra
部門: Feature Writing
主催: Gerald Loeb Award
結果: Winner
Gerald Loeb Award (Magazines) — Honorable Mention
2008
対象作品: In Nature's Casino
部門: Magazines
主催: Gerald Loeb Award
結果: Honorable Mention

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Liar's Poker

1989年 Nonfiction (finance)

A memoir-style nonfiction account of Lewis's experiences at Salomon Brothers and the culture of Wall Street in the 1980s, including mortgage-backed securities.

financial marketsWall Street culturecorporate behavior

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

2003年 Nonfiction (sports/economics)

Follows the Oakland Athletics and GM Billy Beane's statistical approach to building a competitive baseball team, rethinking value in professional sports.

data analysisredefining valueteam building
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Moneyball / Bennett Miller (2011)
翻訳
  • Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

2006年 Nonfiction (sports/society)

Through the life of a football player, examines sports, family, and education in American society and how success is constructed.

American societysports and classeducation and opportunity
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Blind Side / John Lee Hancock (2009)

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

2010年 Nonfiction (finance/economics)

Tells the story of those who foresaw the 2007–2008 financial crisis and explains the structure of the subprime mortgage collapse.

financial crisisregulatory failuremarket malfunction
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] The Big Short / Adam McKay (2015)

The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds

2017年 Nonfiction (biography/psychology)

Chronicles the collaboration and friendship of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky and reveals systematic errors in human judgment.

behavioral economicscognitive biasesscientific collaboration

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

2023年 Nonfiction (technology/finance)

A detailed account of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried's rise and fall, scrutinizing the crypto industry and its ethics.

cryptoentrepreneurial ethicsmechanisms of collapse

全著作

  • Liar's Poker: Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street (1989)
  • Pacific Rift (1991)
  • The Money Culture (1991)
  • Trail Fever (1997)
  • The New New Thing (1999)
  • Next: The Future Just Happened (2001)
  • Moneyball (2003)
  • Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life (2005)
  • The Blind Side (2006)
  • The Big Short (2010)
  • Flash Boys (2014)
  • The Undoing Project (2017)
  • The Fifth Risk (2018)
  • Going Infinite (2023)

翻案

  • Moneyball (film, 2011)
  • The Blind Side (film, 2009)
  • The Big Short (film, 2015)

作品の翻訳

  • Moneyball (Japanese translation)
  • The Big Short (Japanese translation)

作風・主題

文体
Narrative-driven nonfictionExplanatory prose that makes complex economic/financial concepts accessible
頻出モチーフ
exposure of market and institutional flawsindividual judgment and behaviorre-evaluation through numbers and data

評価・遺産

Michael Lewis is widely known for narrative nonfiction on finance, economics, and sports; many of his books became bestsellers and were adapted for film. He is praised for storytelling but has faced controversy over factual accuracy and simplification.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences

大衆文化への影響

  • Several books adapted into major films, giving him significant popular-cultural impact (e.g., Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short).

引用

  • “No one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance than Mr. Lewis.”
    出典: The New York Times (book review) (2010年)

豆知識

  • Has been married three times (Diane deCordova, Kate Bohner, Tabitha Soren).
  • Hosts the podcast 'Against the Rules'.
  • In 2021 one of his daughters died in a car collision.