568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?
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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.

• SOURCES:

• Michael Lewis), author.

• RESOURCES:

• Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon)*, *by Michael Lewis (2023).

• "Column: In Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried Found His Last and Most Willing Victim)," by Michael Hiltzik (*Los Angeles Times, *2023).

• "Even Michael Lewis Can’t Make a Hero Out of Sam Bankman-Fried)," by Jennifer Szalai (*The New York Times, *2023).

• "Michael Lewis Goes Close on Sam Bankman-Fried — Maybe Too Close)," by James Ledbetter (*The Washington Post, *2023).

• "What You Won’t Learn From Michael Lewis’ Book on FTX Could Fill Another Book)," by Julia M. Klein (*Los Angeles Times, *2023).

• "Michael Lewis’s Big Contrarian Bet)," by Gideon Lewis-Kraus (*The New Yorker, *2023).

• "He-Said, They-Said)," by John Lanchester (*London Review of Books, *2023).

• "Downfall of the Crypto King)," by Jesse Armstrong (*The Times Literary Supplement, *2023).

• "FTX Debtors vs. Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried)," in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (2023).

• Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses: Eighth Edition), by Richard C. Pilger (2017).

• "Pay Candidates to Drop Out? That Should Be Legal)," by Stephen L. Carter (*Bloomberg, *2016).

• "The History of the Term 'Effective Altruism),'" by William MacAskill (*Effective Altruism Forum, *2014).

• EXTRAS:

• "Is This 'The Worst Job in Corporate America' — or Maybe the Best?)" by *Freakonomics Radio *(2023).

• "A Million-Year View on Morality)," by *People I (Mostly) Admire *(2022).

• “Did Michael Lewis Just Get Lucky with 'Moneyball'?)” by *Freakonomics Radio *(2022).