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Crashed
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Adam Tooze
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Money & Finance, Banks & Banking
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Summary
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Crashed by Adam Tooze, read by Simon Vance, with an introduction read by the author.
In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers, shook the world. A decade later its spectre still haunts us. As the appalling scope and scale of the crash was revealed, the financial institutions that had symbolised the West's triumph since the end of the Cold War seemed - through greed, malice and incompetence - to be about to bring the entire system to its knees.
Crashed is a brilliantly original and assured analysis of what happened and how we were rescued from something even worse - but at a price which continues to undermine democracy across Europe and the United States. Gnawing away at our institutions are the many billions of dollars which were conjured up to prevent complete collapse. Over and over again, the end of the crisis has been announced, but it continues to hound us - whether in Greece or Ukraine, whether through Brexit or Trump. Adam Tooze follows the trail like no previous writer and has written a book compelling as history, as economic analysis and as political horror story.
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- P Garbett
- 21-08-18
A must read for understanding the world today
Dealing first with the financial crisis of 2008 (the build-up to the crisis and the response of policy makers) and then the European sovereign debt crisis of 2010 - 2012, Adam Tooze has written as good an analysis as anything I've seen from strictly economic commentators. It helps enormously that he writes so well.
The book though is far more than an history of the financial shenanigans of Wall Street and the City of London, or the various policy responses of the Fed, BofE and ECB. At its heart the book deals with the question of how modern democratic politics interacts with the hugely complex, interconnected macro-financial system, as he labels it. Judged by the response of the GOP and the Conservative Party in Britain, parties that traditionally placed themselves as mediating this relationship, the signs are far from encouraging.
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- Oliver Hayman
- 07-09-18
Great History of the Crash and it's Effects
Excellent history of the Crash & how the banks responded. My only criticism is it presents a somewhat sympathetic account to those in power making the decisions at the time. Where it could have been better is in outlining a more progressive alternative than the one demanded by the EU / global finance since 2008 - to better contextualise the failings of govts to prioritise the prosperity of its people over the continuation of an inequitable system on life support - fuelled by unsustainable debt / credit bubbles.
5 people found this helpful
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- AWK
- 27-08-20
A history of what we lived through
So much to absorb. I can't recommend this more highly. Am now going to read his book on finance of Corona virus 'Lockdown' when it comes out.
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- Power Saver
- 06-08-19
Very Technical
This is not an easy listen, but interesting. Not being from an economics or financial background I had to persevere with it.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-11-18
Illuminating!
Enjoyed having the author read the introduction. The rest of the book was very well read by Simon Vance. So much happened during this time, it has amazed me quite how many elements I did not even know about. The description of the various market mechanisms can be quite technical, I don't think audio books particularly lend themselves to this aspect. But on the other hand the narrative to the various dramas were brought alive very effectively by the narrator.
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- A Turner
- 27-09-18
A very good (if perhaps too detailed) analysis
A comprehensive, thorough and fascinating analysis of the events of the 2008 crash and its aftermath. As a layman, I found some of the economic fine detail hard to master, not helped I think by listening to the audiobook version, where it's less easy to go back and review bits of what you've just heard to ensure you've understood it.
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- Steve Bowbrick
- 22-08-18
Stunning - a thriller about the world economy
Utterly gripping story of a period we all lived through without even the slightest sense of the real drama that was playing out on the trading floors and in the cabinet offices and boardrooms of the great powers.
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- 15-02-22
Generally an inspired work, highly recommended
Adam Tooze is a gifted analytical mind and an excellent writer. his assessment of the financial crises from 2007 to 2017 is brilliant, original and superbly presented. one minor complaint, the section on Brexit is a little polemical and less well put forward than the rest of the work.
Excellent narration.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-12-21
Good history of the period 2007 to 2016.
well narrated and very informed discussion. Interesting thoughts about history repeating itself
Recommended to read if you are interested in the period.
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- Ms T Durlen
- 14-11-21
A real.life thriller, fascinating
I didn't think I'd listen to 30 hours of economic history but it was completely gripping. Fascinating and a joy to listen to.
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- Søren
- 14-10-21
had to stop early because...
A Tooze launches in the first chapters many counter factual statements about the global economy as if he is some kind of oracle. I found his justifications for what is very hard to say much with certainty quite vague. So the book felt to me more like a long political rant. Maybe A Tooze is right, maybe not. I got more puzzled than educated.
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- Juuso
- 13-12-19
A mere repeat of recent events
The book is merely a review of recent events with no academic vigor for the underlying motivitations. At times, the author inserts his own views to provide a colored account. If you we’re born before 2004, you have experienced the contents of this book by merely following main stream media.
Could be that my expectations for this book were more towards a more in depth about recent events, while the content was something that will appreciate in value as decades pass.