The remarkable true story of the disgraced politician John Stonehouse
The remarkable true story of the disgraced politician John Stonehouse
The remarkable true story of the disgraced politician John Stonehouse
Looks at how and why the British merchant banks and brokers sold out, and where that leaves us. This book takes us through the Thatcher years, the crash of 1987, Big Bang, and the aggressive invasion of the American banks.
In 1997 it seemed that things in the City could only get better. Barely a year later the City was in tatters. Greed, guile and excess - this definitive insider's account charts an intoxicated decade and cogently reveals just how, and why, the City got it so badly wrong.