Short Seller Jim Chanos Criticizes Michael Lewis' Defense of FTX, Compares It to Enron
Famous billionaire short-seller Jim Chanos blasted Big Short author Michael Lewis on Sunday for his charitable defense of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). In an episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes this weekend, Lewis discuss...
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In an episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes this weekend, Lewis discussed his new book “Going Infinite,” in which he told his story on SBF based on over one hundred meetings with the disgraced crypto leader....
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