568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?

<p>Lewis got incredible access to Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire behind the spectacular FTX fraud. His book is a bestseller, but some critics say he went too easy on S.B.F. Lewis tells us why the critics are wrong — and what it’s like to watch your book get turned into a courtroom drama.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.michaellewiswrites.com/">Michael Lewis</a>, author.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/46Xs24N"><i>Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon</i></a><i>, </i>by Michael Lewis (2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-10-02/two-new-books-cover-the-bankman-fried-crypto-scam-one-tells-the-true-story-the-other-is-by-michael-lewis">Column: In Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried Found His Last and Most Willing Victim</a>," by Michael Hiltzik (<i>Los Angeles Times, </i>2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/books/review/going-infinite-michael-lewis.html">Even Michael Lewis Can’t Make a Hero Out of Sam Bankman-Fried</a>," by Jennifer Szalai (<i>The New York Times, </i>2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/10/03/michael-lewis-sam-bankman-fried/">Michael Lewis Goes Close on Sam Bankman-Fried — Maybe Too Close</a>," by James Ledbetter (<i>The Washington Post, </i>2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-10-03/what-you-wont-learn-from-michael-lewis-book-on-ftx-could-fill-another-book">What You Won’t Learn From Michael Lewis’ Book on FTX Could Fill Another Book</a>," by Julia M. Klein (<i>Los Angeles Times, </i>2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/michael-lewiss-big-contrarian-bet">Michael Lewis’s Big Contrarian Bet</a>," by Gideon Lewis-Kraus (<i>The New Yorker, </i>2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n21/john-lanchester/he-said-they-said">He-Said, They-Said</a>," by John Lanchester (<i>London Review of Books, </i>2023).</li><