Michael Lewis is hitting back at critics who feel he's been too sympathetic to Sam Bankman-Fried: 'I think they're crazy'

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Michael Lewis (left) hits back at critics he was being too sympathetic to Sam Bankman-Fried (right).

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Sam Bankman-Fried decided at the last minute he didn't want to speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos, leaving organizers scrambling

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Sam Bankman-Fried often canceled on meetings, according to his biographer.

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Michael Lewis says being around Sam Bankman-Fried was a downgrade from his more materialistic life: 'The food was worse. The company was worse.'

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Composite of Michael Lewis (left) and Sam Bankman-Fried (right).

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Failed crypto exchange FTX's spectacular collapse was due to 'hubris, incompetence, and greed,' says first debtors' report

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Failed crypto exchange FTX's spectacular collapse was due to 'hubris, incompetence, and greed,' says first debtors report.

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