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The Trillion Dollar Meltdown
- Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
- Narrated by: Nick Summers
- Length: 5 hrs
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Summary
According to Charles R. Morris, the astronomical leverage at investment banks, with their hedge-fund and private-equity clients, virtually guarantees massive disruption in global markets. A quarter century of free-market zealotry that extolled asset striping, abusive lending, and hedge-fund secrecy will come crashing down with it.
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown explains how we got here, and what is about to happen.
Critic reviews
"[A] shrewd primer....[Morris] writes with tight clarity and blistering pace." ( Bloomberg News)
"Morris deftly joins the dots between the Keynesian liberalism of the 1960s, the crippling stagflation of the 1970s and the free-market experimentation of the 1980s and 1990s, before entering the world of ultra-cheap money and financial innovation gone mad." ( The Economist)
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- Neeladrinath
- 26-02-11
A good listen, well researched.
The book comprehensively covers the crisis - causes, origin, events, fallout and possible future outcomes. The last aspect is slightly overdone - highly cynical/negative expectations. The crisis is unprecedented but follow-on collapses in other asset classes, though quite reasoned is perhaps improbable. These were my thoughts after listening to the book in Mar 2009. Thus far, my opinion seems correct. A great listen to understand the crisis.
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- Jerome
- 09-10-21
Excellent.
Brilliant understanding of the financial systems. Covering the 1900 all the way through to the present day. Very insightful.
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- Martin
- 11-01-12
A bit of a struggle
I am very much into economics and finance, and was looking forward to this. However, I was very very disappointed with this one, and I just could not get into it. I admit that the problem here could be me, maybe I'm just not as bright or as knowledgeable on the subject as I thought. I suspect there probably is a good book in here, but I don't think this can be recommended for people who only have a limited understanding of the subject. Certainly not for beginners.
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