Bust - Greece, the Euro and the Sovereign Debt Crisis (Hardcover)

In 2001, Greece saw its application for membership into the Eurozone accepted, and the country sat down to the greatest free lunch in economic history. However, the coming years of global economic prosperity would lead to unrestrained spending, cheap borrowing, and a failure to implement financial reform, leaving the country massively exposed to a financial crisis--which duly struck.

In "Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis," Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn explores Greece's spectacular rise and fall from grace and the global repercussions of its financial disaster. Page by page, he provides a thrilling account of the Greek financial crisis, drawing out its origins, how it escalated, and its implications for a fragile global economy. Along the way, Lynn looks at how the Greek contagion has spread like wildfire throughout Europe and explores how government ineptitude as well as financial speculators compounded the problem.

Blending financial history, politics, and current affairs, Lynn skillfully tells the story of how one nation rode the wave of economic prosperity and brought a continent, a currency, and, potentially, the global financial system to its knees. Lively, engaging, and thought provoking, "Bust" reminds us just how interconnected the world really is.

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	December 2010
Authors:	M. Lynn
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-470-97611-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > General
LSN:	0-470-97611-X
Barcode:	9780470976111

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