Boomerang
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5,0 • 1 classificação
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- 10,99 €
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Descrição da editora
Durante dois anos, o jornalista americano Michael Lewis viajou de um extremo ao outro da Europa, de uma Islândia falida a uma Grécia em chamas. E, ao caminhar sobre as ruínas do Velho Continente, descobriu o mesmo denominador comum em todos os países: a ganância. Os pescadores islandeses, habituados a arriscar a vida no alto mar, decidiram tornar-se banqueiros de um dia para o outro - e caíram na sua própria rede. Os gregos, moldados por décadas de nepotismo e corrupção, reformaram-se aos 55 anos, sem nunca terem pagado impostos.
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Essentially an offbeat travelogue, Lewis's latest examines the recent global financial crisis by visiting the locales that have faltered beyond reasonable expectation. Though journalistic, there is a distinctly anthropological approach to vivid depictions of how particular cultural values contributed to such a bizarre, devastating series of events. In his dynamic narrative, Lewis simplifies complex financial systems without condescension, applies a degree of rationality to absurd decisions, and presents key individuals' profiles without denigration. Dark, deadpan humor is injected throughout: Iceland as a nation of fishermen-cum-hedge fund managers with "no idea what they were doing ; Greece's "fantastic mess of scandalous monasteries, tax-evasion and top-down corruption; Ireland's busted banks and stratospheric losses debilitating a now "distinctly third world country. Germany is singled-out for its "preternatural love of rules and naivet regarding the so-called "riskless asset while California tops the list of "America's scariest financial places following their ratings downgrade and piling debts. Easily devoured in one sitting, Lewis (Moneyball) manages to gracefully explain what happened with a unique regard for both the strengths and weaknesses of humankind.
