Tuesday 21 December 2021

What are you reading during Chrismukkah?

 Hi All,

Right now I have three books on my reading list and a summary of each: 

1. Crashed - a reasonably highbrow book written by Adam Tooze about the financial crisis of 2008 and how it also caused the European crisis, Trump and Brexit. This is the one I'm reading now and it is fascinating to pick up on the fact that no matter how much Germany and especially France bash 'anglo -saxon' banking, they were in the trough of greed and stupidity as much as anyone else and were in fact bailed out by the same 'anglo-saxons' they like to publicly criticise. 

2. Billion Dollar Whale- this focuses on the actions of Jho Low, who became a billionaire by helping himself to the cookie jar of a Malaysian Wealth Fund and who is currently on the run from the FBI.

3. Trump Revealed - got this at the bargain price of £1 from WH Smith's 'clearance' shelf. It focuses on Trump up to the point of him becoming President. I haven't read it yet, but it will be interesting to read because of the lack of retrospect that taints some biography,  to see how people thought of him before his term of office started and finished. 


But what are you reading this festive season? 

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