Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalisation

Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalisation

by Gordon Brown (Author)

Synopsis

Gordon Brown's book offers insight into the events that led to the fiscal downward spiral and the reactions of world leaders as they took steps to avoid further disaster. The book also offers measures Brown believes the world should adopt to regain fiscal stability. Long admired for his grasp of economic issues, Brown's book is a work of paramount interest during these uncertain financial times and attracted intense media coverage. The book offers a unique perspective on the financial crisis as well as innovative ideas that will help create a sound economic future and will help readers understand what really has happened to our economy. Mr Brown has this to say: 'We now live in a world of global trade, global financial flows, global movements of people and instant global communications. Our economies are connected as never before, and I believe that global economic problems require global solutions and global institutions. In writing my analysis of the financial crisis, I wanted to help explain how we got here, but more importantly to offer some recommendations as to how the next stage of globalisation can be managed so that the economy works for people and not the other way around'

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Published: 01 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 085720288X
ISBN 13: 9780857202888

Media Reviews
'Gordon Brown will publish his account of the global financial crisis in November' Daily Telegraph 27/7 'Take courage: Former prime minister Gordon Brown will hope to join fellow labour figures Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair on the publishing charts this autumn with a book on the global economic financial crisis' The Bookseller 30/7 'Gordon Brown is to publish his much-anticipated account of the global financial crisis' Manchester Evening News 27/7 'Gordon Brown is to publish a book on how we can move on from the bank crisis. The former prime minister argues 'markets need morals' in Beyond the Crash, saying the world needs 'a global growth plan for jobs and juctice.' He writes: 'Globalisation can be managed so the economy works for people and not the other way' Metro 2/10 Brown's Book Blows Lid on Financial Crisis 'Hot on the heels of Tony Blair's autobiography is Gordon Brown's book, Beyond the Crash. Released this week, it delves into how the world's leaders reacted to the financial collapse and looks to be spearheading a new trend for post-recession entertainment... Here's what to expect: Beyond the Crash Brown provides an intimate account of the financial and political events as they unfolded, whilst putting forward a solution to the ongoing global problem ' Stylist Magazine 1/10
Author Bio
Gordon Brown served as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007, making him the longest-serving Chancellor in modern history. He has been the Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath since 1983 and is now also the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. Brown's time as Chancellor began with the granting of independence to the Bank of England and was marked by sustained investment in health, education and in the reduction of poverty and overseas aid. As Prime Minister, Brown's tenure coincided with the global financial crisis, and he was one of the first to initiate calls for coordinated global action and chaired the London Summit of 2009. Brown has a First Class Honours degree and a Doctorate in History from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a lecturer. He is married to Sarah Brown, Chair of the Global Business Coalition for Education, and they live in Fife and London with their two sons, John and Fraser. He is the author of several books and the founder, with his wife, of Theirworld, a charity to whom the profits of this book will be donated.