From a prizewinning economic historian, an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its ten-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being felt around the world today.
In September 2008 President George Bush could still describe the financial crisis as an incident local to Wall Street. In fact it was a dramatic caesura of global significance that spiraled around the world, from the financial markets of the UK and Europe to the factories and dockyards of Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, forcing a rearrangement of global governance. In the United States and Europe, it caused a fundamental reconsideration of capitalist democracy, eventually leading to the war in the Ukraine, the chaos of Greece, Brexit, and Trump.
It was the greatest crisis to have struck Western societies since the end of the Cold War, but was it inevitable? And is it over? Crashed is a dramatic new narrative resting on original themes: the haphazard nature of economic development and the erratic path of debt around the world; the unseen way individual countries and regions are linked together in deeply unequal relationships through financial interdependence, investment, politics, and force; the ways the financial crisis interacted with the spectacular rise of social media, the crisis of middle-class America, the rise of China, and global struggles over fossil fuels.
Finally, Tooze asks, given this history, what now are the prospects for a liberal, stable, and coherent world order?
##Read Intro, and chapters 1, 6, 7, 10. Not a big fan of 2008 financial crisis though. Chris
評分##看起來有點吃力,細節有點多。全麵迴顧2008年到18年十年的經濟政治變局。美國受次級債的影響,第一波全球危機,美聯儲及財政部聯手提供流動性,暫時穩定經濟。在此階段危機中華爾街,美國金融機構受創嚴重,但歐洲金融金融機構受創也很嚴重,主要是大規模藉美元貸美元,承受比美國金融機構更大的壓力。隨著美國經濟的萎縮,帶來歐洲各國經濟的萎縮,特彆是東歐各國,歐洲銀行深度介入東歐各國,經濟的崩潰,帶來歐洲金融機構的二次大危機。快十年的財政收縮及經濟低迷帶來瞭保護主義,經濟危機後十年美國更不均衡的財富分配,受損的白人藍領推選瞭特朗普,世界進入一個大變局時代,柏林牆後將近二三十年的和平與全球化紅利將可能消失。
評分##講中國那一章,因為我自己這大半年來開始接觸債券一級市場的緣故,聽得毛骨悚然又醍醐灌頂。現在是沒賺到錢,倘若以後賺到瞭錢,也高興不起來。中國的錢花在十八綫縣城的雙嚮八車道大馬路上,實體經濟卻一點點在凋敝。時間進入到三月末,全球大放水,3年後A股爆雷潮預定
評分##one of the best researched and written books I've ever came across. Linking all major events mapping a global view with meaningful details. How did we end up here, how is one thing connected to another, what does everything mean, and where are we going? big questions well addressed with solid data and sound arguments
評分##Coming up with an outline in the next few days
評分##蘭小歡推薦: 今年是政經類書籍的大年,好書太多瞭。我的年度圖書就是這本大部頭。最近十年全世界的政經畫捲全麵展開,一環套一環,政治引著資本,金融包著外交,一浪接著一浪,層層疊疊。暑假看完的,目前在看第二遍,依然精彩絕倫,細節太多瞭,第二次讀又齣來很多新意。
評分##可以說是史詩 - for anyone who hopes to understand how we got here since 2008.
評分##過去十年最好的曆史書之一吧
評分##Coming up with an outline in the next few days
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