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...

他是一位傳奇人物……

他是美國民主黨和共和黨兩黨總統候選人的經濟問題高級谘詢顧問，他還是索羅斯、邁剋爾•斯坦哈特、路易斯•培根等傳奇金融投資大師的業務顧問。他被業界同行稱為“最瞭解世界經濟和金融”的人物。

他有著傳奇般的經曆……

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