Michael Lewis

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist

Michael Lewis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is author, most recently, of “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.”

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What Will Covid Do Next? A Top Pandemic Doctor Has Some Ideas.

A Q&A with Richard Hatchett, who worked to develop a pandemic plan for George W. Bush, on the advent of omicron, vaccine strategy and what’s still ahead.

December 13, 2021

December 13, 2021

OpinionMichael Lewis

What Will Covid Do Next? A Top Pandemic Doctor Has Some Ideas.

A Q&A with Richard Hatchett, who worked to develop a pandemic plan for George W. Bush, on the advent of omicron, vaccine strategy and what’s still ahead.

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October 6, 2020

October 6, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

Who Infected the President?

Genomic epidemiology can find the source of the Covid-19 outbreak at the White House. Curiously, no search is underway.

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October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

Inside a California Covid Revolt

Residents of Shasta County have taken resistance to Covid-19 restrictions to another level: “full-on anarchy.”

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July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

Confessions of a California Covid Nurse

A California county’s efforts to stop the spread has also become a battle with the public’s denial. Erica Dykehouse will wait for minds to change.

Residents At Covid-19 Testing Facilities As California Cases Jump

June 22, 2020

June 22, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

The New Weapon in the Covid-19 War

The country’s most interesting coronavirus lab found a way to slow the spread. Thank a team of virus hunters, 3,000 everyday Californians and one luckless shark.

The New Weapon in the Covid-19 War

May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

Armed With Swabs, Covid Hunters Stalk Their Prey

A survey of San Francisco’s Mission District gives this virus lab its best chance yet at understanding coronavirus.

Armed With Swabs, Covid Hunters Stalk Their Prey

April 17, 2020

April 17, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

The Covid Test Lab That Could Save America

The leader of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub solved a snake pandemic. Now he’s trying to solve the U.S.’s coronavirus testing problem.

The Covid Test Lab That Could Save America

April 8, 2020

April 8, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

In Berkeley, Hunting Toilet Paper and Dodging Hikers

And fear of other humans predominates now.

GoFundMe Is Dangling A $120 Million Lifeline To Dying Businesses

April 1, 2020

April 1, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

A Coronavirus Fix That Passes the Smell Test

What if a Wall Street veteran has a way to track how fast the virus is spreading before lab tests can ramp up?

New Orleans On Track To Be Next Coronavirus Epicenter

March 25, 2020

March 25, 2020

OpinionMichael Lewis

The Pandemic in My Neighborhood

We have so little data for how we’re supposed to live in this social-distancing world.

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October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019

OpinionMichael Lewis

Portrait of an Inessential Government Worker

Glory isn’t part of the deal when you go to work for the federal government.

Portrait of an Inessential Government Worker

February 9, 2018

February 9, 2018

OpinionMichael Lewis

Has Anyone Seen the President?

Michael Lewis goes to Washington in search of Trump and winds up watching the State of the Union with Steve Bannon.

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November 7, 2016

November 7, 2016

OpinionMichael Lewis

Trump-Clinton Hack Reveals Wall Street's Secrets

Still have an appetite for secret e-mails? OK, let's imagine some new ones.

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May 5, 2016

May 5, 2016

OpinionMichael Lewis

The Book That Will Save Banking From Itself

In “The End of Alchemy,” former Bank of England head Mervyn King lays out a plan to redeem modern finance.

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May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

OpinionMichael Lewis

The Economist Who Realized How Crazy We Are

Richard Thaler made the equations a lot more messy. Which is good.

"What's a life worth?" And other heresies.

May 7, 2015

May 7, 2015

OpinionMichael Lewis

Greece Saunters Across the Autobahn

Watch out for the euro wreck.

Looks like trouble.

April 24, 2015

April 24, 2015

OpinionMichael Lewis

How did a kid from Hounslow grow up to cause a crash?

Where's the market resistance?

December 15, 2014

December 15, 2014

OpinionMichael Lewis

Eight Things I Wish for Wall Street

A holiday list from Michael Lewis, on how to make things better on Wall Street.

September 26, 2014

September 26, 2014

OpinionMichael Lewis

The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes

The public doesn't seem to understand just how dysfunctional our financial regulatory system is, Michael Lewis writes. That may change today with a radio report from "This American Life."

What did the Fed hear here?

September 24, 2014

September 24, 2014

OpinionMichael Lewis

Occupational Hazards of Working on Wall Street

Michael Lewis asks the big question about the army of Ivy League graduates, with seemingly endless career options, who wind up in finance: What happens next to them?

This place will change you.