Beyond the Crash
Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalisation
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2.8 • 41 Ratings
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- £6.99
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
Gordon Brown's book will offer insight into the events that led to the fiscal downward spiral and the reactions of world leaders as they took steps to avoid further disaster. The book will also offer measures Brown believes the world should adopt to regain fiscal stability. Long admired for his grasp of economic issues, Brown's book will be a work of paramount interest during these uncertain financial times and is sure to attract intense media coverage.
The book offers a unique perspective on the financial crisis as well as innovative ideas that will help create a sound economic future and will help readers understand what really has happened to our economy.
Mr Brown has this to say:
'We now live in a world of global trade, global financial flows, global movements of people and instant global communications. Our economies are connected as never before, and I believe that global economic problems require global solutions and global institutions. In writing my analysis of the financial crisis, I wanted to help explain how we got here, but more importantly to offer some recommendations as to how the next stage of globalisation can be managed so that the economy works for people and not the other way around'
Customer Reviews
Read the book
Lots of negative "reviews" here, but none of the book: all just ad hominem attacks on Brown and his performance. Clearly the writers aren't fans of Brown, and I'm happy to guess who they voted for in the last election. I'm prepared to bet that these reviewers have a somewhat weaker grasp of economics and world politics than those who awarded Brown world statesman of the year for taking the lead in economic policies that saved a global recession from becoming the worst depression since the 1930s. Note the word global: the recession was triggered by a banking crisis that started in the US, with little Brown could do to prevent that. Modern banking is fundamentally a confidence trick, and when confidence goes the whole house of cards may come tumbling down. That it didn't in 2008/09 is credited by much greater minds than my own to Gordon Brown. It's unfortunate that European governments have already forgotten the value of Keynesian intervention and are adopting monetarist policies of slashing spending, leading to the kind of crisis we now see in Ireland. Double dip recession anyone?
Economy??
Gordon brown was blamed For a recession that was global. The cuts that Tories are doing will eventually make Britain almost intellectually bankrupt. Which will lead to Britain being out of G8 very soon. It's the beginning of our downfall :(
Does it exactly what it says
If you genuinely want to understand what caused the global crisis, why borrowing to invest in public spending stopped Britain plunging into a deep recession, why the Tories and LibDems's hatred of public services is driven by Thatcherite ideology, not any fiscal responsibility, then read this book.