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245		0	_aBoomerang
260			_a _bPenguin, _c2011
300			_a213 p. ; 25 cm.
500			_aThe meltdown tour
520			_aHaving made the US financial crisis comprehensible for us all in The Big Short Michael Lewis realised that he hadnt begun to get grips with the full story How exactly had it come to hit the rest of the world in the face too Just how broke are we reallyBoomerang is a tragi-comic romp across Europe in which Lewis gives full vent to his storytelling genius 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 indulgeIcelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a piñata 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 Lewiss investigation of bubbles across Europe is brilliantly sadly hilarious He also turns a merciless eye on America on California the epicentre of world consumption where we see that a final reckoning awaits the most avaricious of nations tooThis is the ultimate book of our times Its time to brace ourselves for impact And with Michael Lewis to laugh out loud while were doing it 240 pp.
590			_b'Boomerang' is about the effects of the U.S. financial crisis on large and small European countries and how their difficulties impact the US
630			_aHB Economic Theory. Demography _918
650		0	_aInternational finance _9496
650			_aFinancial crises _x United States History 21st century _98926
650			_aGlobal Financial Crisis _98927
650			_a 2008-2009 _98928
650			_aEurope Economic conditions century _98929
650			_aUnited 2001-2009 _98930
650			_aEurope Foreign economic relations States _98931
650			_aUnited Europe _98932
650			_a _912
700			_aLewis, Michael _eAuthor _97845
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912			_a2011-01-01
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953			_d2017-10-25 17:47:07
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