Crashed [electronic resource] : How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
Adam Tooze2018
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2018. Winner of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize
'Majestic, informative and often delightful ... insights on every page' Yanis
Varoufakis, Observer
The definitive history of the Great Financial Crisis, from the acclaimed author
of The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction.
In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of
Lehman brothers, shook the world. A decade later its spectre still haunts us. As
the appalling scope and scale of the crash was revealed, the financial
institutions that had symbolised the West's triumph since the end of the Cold
War, seemed - through greed, malice and incompetence - to be about to bring the
entire system to its knees.
Crashed is a brilliantly original and assured analysis of what happened and how
we were rescued from something even worse - but at a price which continues to
undermine democracy across Europe and the United States. Gnawing away at our
institutions are the many bil...
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Author:
Adam Tooze, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2018
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1 online resource (1 text file) (1 pages)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241011935
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English
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BRN:
428528
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |