The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What It Means

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In The Storm, Vince Cable, the respected economist and parliamentarian explains the causes of the world economic crisis and how we should respond to the challenges it brings.

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The bestseller on the credit crunch. In this brilliant short book, Vince Cable explains how we got here and where we're going.In The Storm, Vince Cable, the respected economist and UK parliamentarian explains the causes of the world economic crisis and how we should respond to the challenges it brings.

Cable shows that although the downturn is global, the complacency of the British government towards the huge 'bubble' in property prices and high levels of personal debt, combined with increasingly exotic and opaque trading within the financial markets, has left Britain badly exposed.
Yet we need to be vigilant in our response to the dangers confronting us. Times of crises inevitably bring forth false prophets who offer easy panaceas and identify scapegoats. However, Cable shows that an insular response to the current crisis would be a disaster and urges us to resist the siren voices that promote isolationism and nationalism as the answer to economic woes.

The author argues that policy makers must keep their faith in liberal markets if the remarkable advances in living standards, which are now being extended to the world's poorer countries, are to be maintained.

InThe Storm, Vince Cable transcends party politics to show with authority, clarity, concision and humour that we must acknowledge and endorse the expansion of the economic centre of influence beyond the West if we are to move forward into calmer waters. It is essential reading!

Key Features and Benefits:

• Explains the causes of the world economic crisis and how we should respond to the challenges it brings. Providing an authoritative perspective on the credit crunch.
• Written by Vince Cable, who is Member of Parliament for Twickenham and has been the Liberal Democrats' chief economic spokesperson since 2003, having previously served as Chief Economist for Shell from 1995 to 1997. Adding to weight of the authority of the book.
• One of the bestselling credit crunch books available!

Author: Vince Cable
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN 10: 1848870574
ISBN 13: 9781848870574
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Published Date: 1 April 2009
Availability: In Stock

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