Crash Bang Wallop: The Inside Story of London's Big Bang and a Financial Revolution that Changed the World
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Crash Bang Wallop: The Inside Story of London’s Big Bang and a Financial Revolution that Changed the World

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Weight 0.25 kg
Dimensions 2.4 × 15.1 × 20.5 cm
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Paperback
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352
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2017-6-1
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1473625106
About The Author

Iain Martin is a commentator on politics and economics. He has been editor of the Scotsman and of Scotland on Sunday and Deputy Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail and Standpoint magazine. His first book, Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS, and the Men who Blew Up the British Economy, was shortlisted for the 2013 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award and won the Debut Book of the Year prize at the 2014 Political Book Awards.

Fascinating . . . it is worth raising your eyes from the Brexit mud-slinging to read a new book on the history of the "Big Bang" financial reform . . .UK politicians should take heed of Martin's book.
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The gripping story of the financial revolution known as 'Big Bang', which transformed international business and changed our world, for fans of Michael Lewis' bestselling The Big Short and Liaquat Ahamed's prizewinning Lords of Finance.
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The gripping story the explosive revolution of the 1980s, one that created the City of London as we know it and ushered in an enthralling new age in global finance. 'With a journalist's eye for a good tale and a narrative style that rips along, Martin has turned an unloved part of British history about an unloved industry into a fascinating yarn. The Times'Fascinating . . . UK politicians should take heed of Martin's book.' Financial Times 'An exciting story, told with verve' Sunday Business Post'Highly readable and well-informed' The National 'A timely reminder of how the City of London got to where it is now' New Statesman 'Confirmed to me that the City is a financial centre like no other' Literary Review

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