Michael Lewis, author of New York Times best-selling books "Next: The Future Just Happened," "The New New Thing," and "Liar's Poker" and "The Money Culture," writes an occasional column for Bloomberg News on topics ranging from the collapse of Enron to "Are Wall Street People Smart?' He is a graduate of Princeton University and the London School of Economics. He used his experience as a bond trader at Salomon Brothers to write Liar's Poker. He currently resides in California.