> His crowning achievement wasn't in deducing the bonds were overvalued/fraudulent, it was in finding suckers to take the other side of the bet. I thought that

> His crowning achievement wasn't in deducing the bonds were overvalued/fraudulent, it was in finding suckers to take the other side of the bet. I thought that was one of the most interesting / exciting parts of the book. The fact that they literally had to go and find people who would sell them insurance on the mortgage backed securities.