Aftershock: Reshaping the World Economy after the Crisis
Business, Finance & Law , Science, Study & Work, Smart Thinking, Non-Fiction
Paperback Published on: 05/05/2011
Synopsis
The financial crisis brought the world to the brink. But now bankers' bonuses are back, house prices are rising again and politicians promise recovery. Is this really sustainable - or do we need to change course?
In this incisive assessment of the post-crisis world, Philippe Legrain looks at what went wrong, and how the world's leaders and financial institutions can learn from their disastrous mistakes. Reporting first-hand from across the globe he sets out the huge dangers ahead - and the opportunities to craft a fairer, safer, richer and greener world.
Wide-ranging, brilliant and impassioned, AFTERSHOCK it is at once a warning from history and a compelling call to arms for the future.
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN: 9780349122755
- Number of pages: 448
- Weight: 302g
- Dimensions: 129 x 300 x 196 mm