Why did a relatively minor problem in the US subprime mortgage market nearly collapse the entire global financial system? Financial insider David Smick argues that the Credit Crunch exposed a thicket of hidden problems that is now threatening the entire global economy. Global financial markets have become a giant cauldron of uncertainty. Central bankers are losing power; China is out of control; pensions and money market funds are at risk; and worldwide class warfare and protectionism are rising. Today s raging financial system is a house of cards a lot closer to collapsing than most people realise. Picking up from where Thomas L. Friedman s The World is Flat left off, Smick focuses on the globalisation of finance and how today s risky and bumpy environment came about. He provides an insider s perspective on the financial crisis and the potential nightmare scenarios of the future. The subprime crisis was just the beginning...

他是一位传奇人物……

他是美国民主党和共和党两党总统候选人的经济问题高级咨询顾问，他还是索罗斯、迈克尔•斯坦哈特、路易斯•培根等传奇金融投资大师的业务顾问。他被业界同行称为“最了解世界经济和金融”的人物。

他有着传奇般的经历……

他是与全球经济与金融接触最紧密的人，他与新加坡前总理李光耀、日本前首相桥本龙太朗和竹下登、欧洲银行行长、格林斯潘、伯南克都有过亲密接触；他从自己的从业经历中告诉了我们为什么是世界是弯的。

他就是美国著名的投资、金融、经济咨询顾问、《国际经济》季刊创建者、《世界是弯的》作者，著名的专栏作家戴维•斯密克。