Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World.

Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), minimal edgewear. 706 pp. The definitive story by Adam Tooze of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), with a focus on the economic aftermath that still haunts our lives. In September 2008 the GFC, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers, shook the world. As the appalling scope and scale of the crash was revealed, the financial institutions that symbolised the West's triumph since the end of the Cold War, seemed - through greed, malice and incompetence - to be bringing the entire capitalist system to its knees. A brilliantly original analysis of what happened, and how we were rescued from a worse fate - but at a price that continues to undermine democracy across the United States and Europe. Gnawing away at our institutions are the many billions of dollars which were conjured up to prevent complete collapse. The end of the crisis has been often announced, but it continues to hound us - whether in Greece or Ukraine, whether through Brexit or Trump. The author provides a compelling history, economic analysis and political horror story. The author is a leading British-American history at Columbia University. (This copy: First edition hardback, 3rd printing.).…