Boomerang (english text)
Inbunden bok. Penguin Books Ltd. 2011. 213 sidor.
Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick.
OBS! Bokens skick är väldigt bra. Hel och ren inlaga i boken utan ca 4 sidor med liten understrykningar där. 'A highly enjoyable exercise in financial disaster tourism... politically incorrect, often very funny, and shot through with genuine insight' Robert Harris, The Times.
In this hilarious, fascinating, timely must-read, Michael Lewis reveals the true natures of the countries caught up in - and exacerbating - our boomerang economies, showing how the financial meltdown hit us all in the face. Right now, Europe is in serious financial chaos. In Greece, infrastructure costs mean it would be cheaper to transport all Greek rail passengers by taxi, and hairdressing is classified as arduous for tax avoidance purposes. In Iceland, Range Rovers frequently explode as owners collect the insurance to pay for them. Ireland saw the entire country put up for sale - to itself, while the Germans expected the whole world to behave like them. But the whole world didn't.
'Chock-full of extraordinary characters, amusing anecdotes and shocking insights' Observer.
'A tour de force... All those questions you've half-asked yourself: nowhere else will you find them answered with such incisive wit or terrifying clarity' Mail on Sunday.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781846144844
- Titel
- Boomerang
- Författare
- Michael Lewis
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2011
- Omfång
- 213 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Inbunden
- Mått
- 160 x 240 mm Ryggbredd 24 mm
- Vikt
- 454 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Iceland, Greece and Ireland we know about. On Spain, Portugal and Italy we've heard the warnings. Britain is a fear rumbling in the distant background of precarious triple-A ratings. But surely Germany is safe. Isn't it? Michael Lewis' brilliant tragi-comic romp across Europe shows how the financial crisis hit everyone in the face. The cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack. The Irish wanted to stop being Irish. The Germans wanted to be even more German. Michael Lewis' investigation of bubbles across Europe is brilliantly, sadly hilarious. But America can't be too complacent either. When he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the final reckoning awaits the greediest of all the debtor nations too. It's time to brace ourselves for impact. And, with Michael Lewis, to laugh while we're doing it.
