The Michael Lewis Challenge
Dec 23rd, 2009 by Carlos
Michael Lewis is an awesome writer. Among my favorite books are Moneyball, Liar’s Poker, and The Blind Side.
But all the books aside, he’s written some of the best newspaper/magazine pieces I’ve ever read. From NFL kickers and Cuban baseball, to the craziness of the financial crisis.
The man can write about about anything and make it interesting and entertaining (á la David Foster Wallace).
Which brings me to the Michael Lewis Challenge.
From time to time, I’ve pitched myself as the “Michael Lewis of the personal finance world.” By that I meant that I could make anything really interesting.
Now it’s time to put my money where my mouth is, and I need your help.
Send me a topic, any topic, that has to do with money/investing/personal finance, and I’ll try to make it interesting. If I can’t, I’ll be stripped of the title I so vainly bestowed upon myself.
Sounds like a deal?
Just email me your ideas and if I get more than one (thanks mom!) I’ll run a poll or something to see which one people would like to challenge me to make interesting and entertaining.
Pick something you feel is really boring so we can all try to have some fun with it!
