Next: the future just happened

W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2001 - Business & Economics - 236 pages

In Liar's Poker the barbarians seized control of the bond markets. In The New New Thing some guys from Silicon Valley redefined the American economy. Now, with his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how much the Internet boom has encouraged great changes in the way we live, work, and think. He finds that we are in the midst of one of the greatest status revolutions in the history of the world, and the Internet turns out to be a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. Old priesthoods—lawyers, investment gurus, professionals in general—are toppling right and left. In the new order of things, the amateur, or individual, is king: fourteen-year-old children manipulate the stock market and nineteen-year-olds take down the music industry. Deep, unseen forces are undermining all forms of collectivism, from the family to the mass market: one little black box has the power to end television as we know it, and another one—also attached to the television set—may dictate significant changes in our practice of democracy. Where does it all lead? And will we like where we end up?

A brave new world indeed . . . and who better to guide us through it than Michael Lewis, whose subversive, trenchant humor is the perfect match to his subject matter. Here is a book as fresh as tomorrow's headlines, and as entertaining as its predecessors.

What people are saying

Review: Next: The Future Just Happened

User Review  - Robert Zimmerman - Goodreads

Just finished this 2002 book today. It's 2013! Why read a book released in 2002 called NEXT? Amazingly, it just holds up and is packed with still-relevant and richly detailed reporting. If you didn't read it when it came out, read it now. If you read it in 2002, consider reading it again.

Review: Next: The Future Just Happened

User Review  - Sam - Goodreads

Ever want to know what had just happened and was about to happen--ten years ago? Here's your book! Michael Lewis catalogs several bizarre delights from the formative years--have they begun to end yet ...

About the author

Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 15, 1960. He received a BA in art history from Princeton University in 1982 and a Masters in Economics from the London School of Economics in 1985. He is a non-fiction author/journalist of mostly financial themes. His books include Liar's Poker, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, The Money Culture, and Boomerang.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Next: the future just happened
• Contributor: Michael M. Lewis
• Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2001
• ISBN: 0393020371, 9780393020373
• Length: 236 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Marketing / General