Author:Gregory Zuckerman,Marc Cashman
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'The definitive account of a sensational trade' Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short
Autumn 2008. The world's finances collapse but one man makes a killing.
John Paulson, a softly spoken hedge-fund manager who still took the bus to work, seemed unlikely to stake his career on one big gamble. But he did - and The Greatest Trade Ever is the story of how he realised that the sub-prime housing bubble was going to burst, making $15 Billion for his fund and more than $4 Billion for himself in a single year. It's a tale of folly and wizardry, individual brilliance versus institutional stupidity.
John Paulson made the biggest winning bet in history. And this is how he did it.
'Extraordinary, excellent' Observer
'A must-read for anyone fascinated by financial madness' Mail on Sunday
'A forensic, read-in-one-sitting book' Sunday Times
'Simply terrific. Easily the best of the post-crash financial books' Malcolm Gladwell
'A great page-turner and a great illuminator of the market's crash' John Helyar, author of Barbarians at the Gate
The Economic Government of the World is a tour de force. It lets us see the evolving architecture of global economic governance over the last hundred years - the various architects and the designs they favoured, the scaffolding going up (and down), the technicians responsible for fitting out the floors, and the cracks emerging in the walls and foundations. Both in terms of chronological scope and thematic range, I know of no book like it. It is a hugely ambitious and timely work.
—— Frank Trentmann, author of EMPIRE OF THINGSMartin Daunton's history of global economic government is rigorous, engaging and astonishing in its range. It shows why any arrangement of the international economic system unavoidably involves political compromise - and concludes with a wise vision of "messy multilateralism" as a path out of our current crisis. A brilliant and important book.
—— Sunil Amrith, author of UNRULY WATERSDaunton's magisterial history is an urgent reminder of the sources and dangers of economic and financial disorder, revealing the interconnections between trade, money, population and development and the hard-fought struggles of leading capitalist democracies to embed the lessons of the past in international institutions. With our world at a critical juncture, the book is a chilling reminder of the risks we face, while offering a positive vision of the way forward.
—— Patricia Clavin, author of SECURING THE WORLD ECONOMY[A] capacious and timely history... Offering us a realistic assessment of what American-led governance of the world economy actually entails, Daunton's account is essential reading. Postheroic and disillusioned, this is a history for our times.
—— Adam Tooze , Financial TimesThis new book is a history of the institutions and individuals who sought to manage the global economy over the last century. It is a huge topic, and a big book – but readers need not be discouraged as Daunton makes the story accessible and absorbing, explaining how successive orders begin to fail, break down (often painfully) and then are hesitantly replaced, with the succeeding order modified and adapted to changing circumstances until it, too, begins to weaken.
—— Jane Humphries , BBC History Magazinepowerful and comprehensive ... will doubtless prove to be a valuable resource for students ... This book is filled with walk-on characters and replete with delicious examples of how badly prominent historians,, economists and political scientists got things wrong
—— Harold James , Literary ReviewPart thriller, part warning from history, part social diary, Champagne Football is a forensic and often tragicomic investigation into the biggest story in Irish sport. It's a fantastic read
—— Malachy Clerkin , Irish Times, Sports Books of the Year 2020Fantastic ... The best book I've ever read about Irish football
—— Ken Early , Second CaptainsA damming account ... brilliantly detailed
—— Sunday IndependentJaw-dropping
—— Joe DuffyOne of the most hotly-anticipated sport books of the year
—— Brendan O'ConnorA jaw-dropping story ... brilliant
—— Irish TimesEssential reading
—— Irish Daily StarCompelling and often side-splittingly hilarious
—— GuardianAn absolutely extraordinary book
—— Eoin McDevitt , Second CaptainsStellar work
—— Irish IndependentAn extraordinary story of what happens when proper governance doesn't exist
—— Sunday TimesAn astonishing exposé
—— Martin Ziegler , The TimesAn instant classic, one of the all-time great Irish sports books ... Terrific
—— Alan English , via TwitterA masterpiece
—— Tommy Martin , via TwitterRemarkable. The desperate story of Irish football but also a book about how Ireland works. Outstanding
—— Dion FanningUtterly COMPELLING ... I can't decide if Delaney is a machiavellian mastermind or a lucky chancer
—— Marian Keyes , via TwitterMade my blood boil
—— Des CahillAbsolutely superb ... Good old fashioned gumboot journalism and a rollicking good read
—— Paul Howard , via TwitterFantastic ... A real page-turner
—— Marie Crowe , Game OnThe Irish sports book of the year
—— Balls.ieExcellent ... includes staggering detail
—— Daily MailAstonishing ... It reads like an outrageous work of fiction with a scarcely believable cast of characters
—— Business PostBrilliant ... Easily the Irish sports book of the year
—— Hot PressThe most important book ever written about Irish sport ... This is the must-read of 2020
—— RTÉ CultureAstonishing ... One of the most important books published in this country. If you wanted to change Ireland, you would need to read this book
—— Dion Fanning , The CurrencyA monumental piece of writing and investigation, a work that will go down as Irish sporting history's Woodward & Bernstein moment
—— Irish Examiner