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Michael Lewis: Golden Age of business journalism is upon us

Noted business writer Michael Lewis, who won a Loeb Award earlier this week for best feature writing, stopped by the Motley Fool offices earlier this week and gave his opinion on the financial crisis, including the reporting and writing.

Jennifer Schonberger writes, “The golden age of finance may be taking a breather, but for financial journalism, Lewis believes it’s just getting started.

“‘There’s an incredible amount of journalism and literature that can be done out of this period,’ he said. ‘I think it’s just the beginning of what there is out there. There is so much that needs to be explained and there is such a hunger for an explanation.'”

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