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THE CAPITALISM DELUSION:HOW GLOBAL ECONOMICS WRECKED EVERYTHING AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT By Bob Ellis The collapse of capitalism in 2008 so incensed Bob Ellis that, just as Richard Dawkins challenged the existence of God, Bob Ellis was determined to expose The Capitalism Delusion. In this searing indictment of global greed and corporate misbehaviour, one of our keenest observers of social and political mores watches the 'Global Financial Crisis' sweep across the world and says (without glee) 'I Told You So'. Bob Ellis is angry, and in giving us '333 More Arguments Against Global Economics', he pulls together facts and anecdotes to show why what has happened was inevitable. When AIG, one of the biggest financial institutions in America, was in trouble the US Government propped it up with a 'loan' of $423 billion dollars. Out of that, AIG executives paid themselves $213 million dollars in bonuses, having just nearly sent the world broke. This sort of misbehaviour was common around the world in the 'good times', thus making 'The Crash of 2008' the crash that was waiting to happen. This is Bob Ellis at his best - he gives us facts, figures, arguments and anecdotes. It is sobering but compulsive reading. If you want to know what went wrong in 2008/09, read Ellis and re-think how you view the world. Bob Ellis is the author of eighteen books, including And So it Went. He is a screenwriter, speechwriter, mob orator and political essayist. He has also directed film, written songs and poetry, acted in Stoppard and Beckett and writes regular film criticism and political commentary. 'The Capitalism Delusion: How Global Economics Wrecked Everything And What To Do About It' is available now.
THE CAPITALISM DELUSION:HOW GLOBAL ECONOMICS WRECKED EVERYTHING AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT By Bob Ellis
The collapse of capitalism in 2008 so incensed Bob Ellis that, just as Richard Dawkins challenged the existence of God, Bob Ellis was determined to expose The Capitalism Delusion. In this searing indictment of global greed and corporate misbehaviour, one of our keenest observers of social and political mores watches the 'Global Financial Crisis' sweep across the world and says (without glee) 'I Told You So'.
Bob Ellis is angry, and in giving us '333 More Arguments Against Global Economics', he pulls together facts and anecdotes to show why what has happened was inevitable. When AIG, one of the biggest financial institutions in America, was in trouble the US Government propped it up with a 'loan' of $423 billion dollars. Out of that, AIG executives paid themselves $213 million dollars in bonuses, having just nearly sent the world broke. This sort of misbehaviour was common around the world in the 'good times', thus making 'The Crash of 2008' the crash that was waiting to happen.
This is Bob Ellis at his best - he gives us facts, figures, arguments and anecdotes. It is sobering but compulsive reading. If you want to know what went wrong in 2008/09, read Ellis and re-think how you view the world.
Bob Ellis is the author of eighteen books, including And So it Went. He is a screenwriter, speechwriter, mob orator and political essayist. He has also directed film, written songs and poetry, acted in Stoppard and Beckett and writes regular film criticism and political commentary.
'The Capitalism Delusion: How Global Economics Wrecked Everything And What To Do About It' is available now.
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