EAN: 9780241647363

THE BIG FAIL - BETHANY MCLEAN JOE NOCERA KARTON...

From the author of the modern business classic The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a damning
indictment of late-stage capitalism-and the leaders that were brutally unprepared for a global
pandemic. In 2020  the coronavirus pandemic made it painfully clear that governments across the
world could not adequately protect their citizens. Millions of people suffered and died in just
two years  while administrations around the globe blundered  prize-winning economists
overlooked devastating trade-offs from the collapse of trade  and elites escaped to isolated
retreats  unaffected by - and worse  even profiting from - the worst healthcare crisis to hit
humanity in decades. In this page-turning economic  political and financial history  veteran
journalists Bethany McClean and Joseph Nocera analyse the American response to the pandemic as
a case study  to offer fresh and provocative answers. With laser-sharp reporting and deep
sourcing  they investigate what really happened when governments ran out of PPE due to snarled
supply chains  and the shock to the financial system when the world's biggest economies
stumbled. They zero in on the effectiveness of wildly polarised approaches across states  and
they trace why thousands died in hollowed-out hospital systems and nursing homes run by private
equity firms  all in the name of maximising shareholder value. The Big Fail is an expansive 
gripping narrative account on what the pandemic did to one economy  and how it forced us to
question the fundamental principles of our society

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