The Big Short Chapter 1

Having a limited economics background, figuring out what's going on in this book was a challenge, although I do think I've got the hang of it. The first chapter of The Big Short was an introduction to a very smart and strange person, Eisman. The first thing I noticed was that he was Jewish. I'm not exactly sure why this is, but for example, my dad and I would look through rosters of College baseball teams and look for Jewish baseball players. Don't get me wrong, our strange search has a purpose, it's not like we just sit down and look through random rosters counting the number of Jewish athletes. Because I want to play baseball in college, we want to make sure that I would feel comfortable. Also, I became interested in reading this book because it's about sports. I must say, I wasn't expecting it to be all about finance, but hopefully in the second chapter it'll shift to a more sporty feel.