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The Crash of 2008 and What It Means: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets (Unabridged)
 
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by George Soros (Author), Grover Gardner (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 6 hours and 40 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Public Affairs
  • Audible Release Date: 30 Mar 2009
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SPWNFA
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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In the midst of one of the most serious financial upheavals since the Great Depression, George Soros, the legendary financier and philanthropist, has written a significant update to his New York Times best seller, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets.

The revised and updated edition, The Crash of 2008 and What It Means, contains four new chapters, in which he looks at the depth and breadth of the credit crash and proposes an updated set of policies to confront the global financial crisis.

©2008 George Soros; (P)2009 George Soros
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Quite a good read 10 July 2009
Format:Paperback
Surprisingly, this book was quite a good read even though I'm neither a banker nor investor and didn't understand the passages about financial products and investment schemes all that well. However, I find Soros' economic theory which he calls 'reflexivity' makes sense. Basically, what he says is that people seek to understand the world which they live in while at the same time manipulating it. This results in a distorted view and applied to economics means that none of the existing models can describe reality or predict the future. The trouble is that the complexity of reflexivity cannot be pressed into a scientific model and therefore only leaves us with a critique of existing economic theory.
Quote: 'Not only has the prevailing paradigm - equilibrium theory, and its political derivative, market fundamentalism - proven itself incapable of explaining the current state of affairs, it can be held responsible for landing us in the mess we are in. We badly need a new paradigm.'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not For Beginners 17 April 2012
By eck4355
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This is a good book to begin with, but very quickly the author becomes embroiled in very professional economic language which most laypeople will struggle to understand. Also Soros could be seen to talk too much about his own investments than about a real solution to the current economic crisis.
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George Soros' ability to predict the financial markets has confounded conventional economics, which have been proved wrong by the crash of 2008. Here Mr Soros outlines his philosophy, how the crash happened, and his proposals for making world economies work properly. George Soros' practical philosophy is applicable to all human activities.
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