Question

in Adam McKay`s movie "Big Short"

Michael Burry wrote in his email "Making money kills part of life that is essential." Do you agree with this? If yes, why and what part is it? If no, why? Try to be specific

Answer 1

Yes I agree with this that money kills part of life that is essential. The film bears testimony to this.

The Big Short is a 2015 film about four inhabitants of the world of high finance who predicted the housing bubble crisis of mid 2000 and made up their minds to confront and expose the big banks for their greed and lack of far sightedness .Michael Burry the Hedge fund manager realises that the US housing market crisis is an asset bubble which was inflated by high risk loan.So he created a credit default swap which would make it possible to short the housing market.His clients grew angry when banks claimed that the housing market is stable. He placed a restriction on withdrawals when clients demanded their money back. In the end Burry creates 500%return for those investors who stayed with him during the housing bubble crisis.But in the process he lost the precious time of his life. He wrote that making money is not what he thought it might be. This business kills the part of life which is essential and which has nothing to do with the business. He lost confidence of his wife and all the people whom he knew would not talk to him for two years except through lawyers .So while making money, he suffered a lot mentally as he wrote his insides were eating him for two years .So in the end he chose to close fund. So I agree with what he said about making money.