How Do We Fix This Mess? the Economic Price of Having It All, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity

from infjsarah

This is a few years old now so things have changed in some ways. Another summary of what went wrong in 2008 without too many incomprehensible financial terms. I suspect that in many ways the reasons for the crash have not been dealt with and that bank culture is exactly the same. Depressing thought.

from vguy

Lively stuff about the crisis of 2008, even if already seeming like a long time ago. What stays with me is the sheer size of the financial flows around the world, which dwarf anybody's actual need for money or the value of goods and services. Money is now a thing in itself, ein Ding an sich of as...

from pierthinker

The financial catastrophe of the last 10 years has been written about many times - describing what happened, explaining what happened or proposing what has to happen next. Despite the title, Peston's book is mainly about explaining what happened with a little advice about what needs to happen nex...