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Release date
June 1, 2012 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9789892319575
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9789892319575
- File size: 687 KB
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Languages
- Portuguese
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Reviews
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Publisher's Weekly
December 5, 2011
Essentially an offbeat travelogue, Lewis's latest examines the recent global financial crisis by visiting the locales that have faltered beyond reasonable expectation. Though journalistic, there is a distinctly anthropological approach to vivid depictions of how particular cultural values contributed to such a bizarre, devastating series of events. In his dynamic narrative, Lewis simplifies complex financial systems without condescension, applies a degree of rationality to absurd decisions, and presents key individuals' profiles without denigration. Dark, deadpan humor is injected throughout: Iceland as a nation of fishermen-cum-hedge fund managers with "no idea what they were doingâ; Greece's "fantastic messâ of scandalous monasteries, tax-evasion and top-down corruption; Ireland's busted banks and stratospheric losses debilitating a now "distinctly third worldâ country. Germany is singled-out for its "preternatural love of rulesâ and naiveté regarding the so-called "riskless assetâ while California tops the list of "America's scariest financial placesâ following their ratings downgrade and piling debts. Easily devoured in one sitting, Lewis (Moneyball) manages to gracefully explain what happened with a unique regard for both the strengths and weaknesses of humankind.
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