Summary: I.O.U.: Review and Analysis of John Lanchester's Book

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The must-read summary of John Lanchester's book: “I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay”.

This complete summary of "I.O.U." by John Lanchester, a renowned journalist and economist, outlines his analysis of the causes of the financial crisis and offers solutions to avoid such scenarios in the future.

Added-value of this summary:
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• Understand the financial crisis and its causes
• Expand your knowledge of economics

To learn more, read "I.O.U" and discover how we came to experience such a complete financial disaster in 2008, and how we can hope to avoid it again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Political Book Summaries
• Release date: Jan 30, 2017
• ISBN: 9782511003268

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Book Abstract

In I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay, John Lanchester takes an in-depth look at the causes of the current financial crisis and explains how the booming global economy collapsed seemingly overnight. He also points out the most important lessons we can learn from this crisis and offers solutions on how to avoid another such catastrophe in the future.

About the Author

John Lanchester is a novelist and a contributing editor at the London Review of Books. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, Esquire, The Observer, and the Daily Telegraph. In 2008, Lanchester received the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in London.