Synopses & Reviews
The Gods That Failed tells the story of how the financial elite brought us to the brink of collapse. It shows how over the past three decades democratic governments have ceded control to a new elite of super-rich, free-market operatives and their colleagues in international institutions like the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. This new elite promised economic stability, but delivered chaos instead.
Two of the worlds most formidable journalists engage in a remorselessly forensic dissection of the meltdown, tracing its origins to a secretive gathering of freemarket economists in 1947, and exposing how its agendato unleash market forces into every sphere of public lifewas realized, piece by piece, over the years. Now that this elite has brought us to the brink of ruin, the authors propose a series of far-reaching reformsan economy that is run and regulated in the interests of ordinary peoplewhich they believe can save us from another worldwide depression.
Synopsis
Two of our leading financial journalists demythologize the cult of free markets, and offer a devastating critique of the ideas and policies that have led to our current economic crisis
Synopsis
Over the past three decades, governments have ceded economic control to a new elite of free-market operatives and their colleagues in national and international institutions like the IMF, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization. They promised economic stability but have delivered chaos. Their speculation has left the global economy more vulnerable to a financial collapse than any time since 1929.
Two leading financial journalists dissect this financial elite, tracing their origins to a secretive gathering of free-market economists in 1947, and propose a series of far-reaching reforms that can save us from a new depression.
About the Author
Larry Elliott is the long-time Economics Editor of
The Guardian. In 1997 he won the Business Journalist of the Year Award from the
UK Press Gazette. He is a regular broadcaster on the BBC. He lives in London.
Dan Atkinson is the Economics Editor of Mail on Sunday, one of Britains highest circulation newspapers. He is an expert in issues of regulation and fraud. He lives in Sussex.