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The Default Line: The Inside Story of People, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge
Faisal Islam
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Description for The Default Line: The Inside Story of People, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge
Hardback. Front-line despatches on the global crisis - China to Cyprus, Madrid to Moscow, Iraq to Iceland - from Channel Four's prize-winning Economics Editor. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCBM; KCLF; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 650. Fine in fine dustwrapper
How can a banking system become so unregulated that it offers a gold credit card to a dog? For Channel 4's Economics Editor Faisal Islam, these are examples of nations, institutions, and individuals crossing the 'default line', the point at which the optimism of economic boom flips into fiscal madness. Having exposed the Icelandic banking crisis, watched Lehman Bros crash, investigated emerging economies in India and China and interviewed a host of key international players from the Governor of the Bank of England to the head of the the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, Faisal Islam is the perfect guide ... Read more
How can a banking system become so unregulated that it offers a gold credit card to a dog? For Channel 4's Economics Editor Faisal Islam, these are examples of nations, institutions, and individuals crossing the 'default line', the point at which the optimism of economic boom flips into fiscal madness. Having exposed the Icelandic banking crisis, watched Lehman Bros crash, investigated emerging economies in India and China and interviewed a host of key international players from the Governor of the Bank of England to the head of the the Chinese sovereign wealth fund, Faisal Islam is the perfect guide ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781854105
SKU
KRA0011300
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam is Channel 4 News' Economics Editor. He won the WorkWorld Foundation's 'Broadcast News Reporter of the Year' in 2010, and collected numerous awards for his coverage of the Icelandic banking crisis in 2009.
Reviews for The Default Line: The Inside Story of People, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge
The Default Line puts the crash, its causes and its consequences into necessary perspective. It's an excellent, clear and colourful introduction and explanation of what has happened to us all
Financial Times
Financial Times