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For the last five years or so, the news has been full of complicated financial jargon which supposedly explains how the bankers managed to piss all our money away.  But what does it all actually mean?  Luckily, ‘Whoops! Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay’ by John Lanchester helpfully explains the causes and consequences of the global financial crisis and is probably the only book you will ever need on the subject. Continue reading →