The Great Crashes

"The perfect primer on the worst economic disasters of the past 100 years * The Times * Engrossing... [one of] the 75 best books for summer 2023 * Daily Telegraph * Linda Yueh's new book [is] almost alarmingly timely, as if she were tanking the global economy as the mother of all guerrilla marketing stunts * Guardian * Best new books on economics: An important book to keep us all on our toes when complacency starts to creep in, again * Financial Times * Linda Yueh's analysis of what past financial crises have in common is an important contribution that can help society anticipate and tackle potential crashes in the future -- Christine Lagarde * President of the European Central Bank and former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, 2011-2019 * Fascinating, well-written and authoritative * Tim Harford * A first point of entry for anybody who wants to learn how the world economy sleep-walked into multiple crashes over the last century -- Daron Acemoglu * Institute Professor at MIT, and author of Why Nations Fail * An accessible and insightful overview of modern financial crises, incorporating both historical detail and thoughtful analysis -- Kenneth Rogoff * Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and former Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund * Linda provides many with a very readable summary of all the great crises, but also more importantly derives the big lessons and how to have a better policy framework to avoid getting caught up in too much "" this time it is different"" when the next big risks appear -- Lord Jim O'Neill * Author of The Growth Map and former Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management * A masterclass in spotting the early signs of a crisis. Linda Yueh expertly shows how we can understand these crashes better when they occur and even prevent them from happening in the future. A accessible yet rich study of our most turbulent economic years -- Nouriel Roubini * author of Megathreats *"