Boomerang: The Biggest Bust

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michael Lewis 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2012-09
• ISBN 9780241955024
• 定价 101.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

InBoomerangMichaelLewis,theinternationalbestsellingauthorofTheBigShort,Liars'Poker,TheBlindSideandMoneyball,turnshistrademarkwittothesubjectofhowthefinancialmeltdownhitusallintheface.

Rightnow,Europeisinseriousfinancialchaos.InGreece,infrastructurecostsmeanitwouldbecheapertotransportallGreekrailpassengersbytaxi,andhairdressingisclassifiedasarduousfortaxavoidancepurposes.InIceland,RangeRoversfrequentlyexplodeasownerscollecttheinsurancetopayforthem.Irelandsawtheentirecountryputupforsale-toitself,whiletheGermansexpectedthewholeworldtobehavelikethem.Butthewholeworlddidn't.

Inthishilarious,fascinating,timelymust-read,MichaelLewisrevealsthetruenaturesofthecountriescaughtupin-andexacerbating-ourboomerangeconomies.

【作者简介】

MichaelLewiswasborninNewOrleansandeducatedatPrincetonUniversityandtheLondonSchoolofEconomics.HehaswrittenseveralbooksincludingtheNewYorkTimesbestsellersLiar'sPoker,widelyconsideredthebookthatdefinedWallStreetduringthe1980s,andTheBigShort,'probablythesinglebestpieceoffinancialjournalismeverwritten'(Reuters).LewisiscontributingwriterforTheNewYorkTimesMagazineandalsowritesforVanityFairandPortfoliomagazine.