The New Paradigm for Financial Markets (Large Print Edition): The Credit Crash of 2008 and What it Means - Softcover

Soros, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586487132 ISBN 13: 9781586487133

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2008

Synopsis

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. "This is the worst financial crisis since the 1930s," writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world. In a concise essay that combines practical ins...

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Review:

This was a book that George Soros badly wanted to write. It is probably not what many of its readers expect to read. But it shows that in his deeper thinking about the way markets operate, Soros was several decades ahead of his time... His insights are clear and concisely expressed. They are worth reading for anyone interested in the topic. --Financial Times

About the Author:

George Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and founder of a global network of foundations dedicated to supporting open societies. He is the author of several bestselling books including 'The Bubble of American Supremacy', 'Underwriting Democracy', and 'The Alchemy of Finance'. He was born in Budapest and lives in New York City

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1586487132
• ISBN 13: 9781586487133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238