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Supercrash : How to Hijack the Global Economy Paperback – 28 Oct 2014

by Darryl Cunningham (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Myriad Editions (28 Oct. 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1908434430
  • ISBN-13: 978-1908434432
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 2 x 21 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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'One former self-publishing stalwart who has found his métier in pointed, pithy documentary cartooning is Darryl Cunningham. His latest, Supercrash, skilfully synthesises in three parts the causes and costs of the 2008 financial crisis... Cunningham's crisp, clever graphics, symbols and examples demystify the complexities of credit default swaps, hedge funds and other devices behind the crash. He... challenges the way we think and resist change, even when the alternative is disaster... Supercrash is a hugely readable, revelatory condemnation and call to arms.' - The Independent

'A remarkable read, visually clever and inventive... an eminently readable work on an important subject.' - --Forbidden Planet International

An interview with Darryl appeared on Broken Frontier

'Cunningham works with visual metaphors and symbolism... the result is... a provocative, thoughtful, visual essay that tackles the language of ideas... Supercrash will leave you better informed and, more than that, it will leave you angry. Angry that we live in a culture that has effectively handed control to the financial classes who have divorced themselves emotionally and politically from the rest of us. We are paying for their errors and their greed. It's proving a high price.' - --Herald Scotland

About the Author

DARRYL CUNNINGHAM is the author of the highly-acclaimed Psychiatric Tales and Science Tales, shortlisted for Best Book British Comic Awards 2012. He lives in Keighley, Yorkshire.

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5.0 out of 5 starsAs with Science Tales and Psychiatric Tales, Cunningham delves ...
By Copydesk Martin on 24 Nov. 2014
Format: Paperback
As with Science Tales and Psychiatric Tales, Cunningham delves headlong into a complex, emotive and subjective topic with his unique, trademark artistic and graphic-journalistic flare to deliver a sharp analysis of the global economic travesty and the lynchpin role played in the financial collapse by the loathsome Ayn Rand.

Cunningham's ability to take dense topics (medicine, science, technology, economics, philosophy) and distill them down to a few simple sentences - married with his entertaining imageery is, in my view, un-matched in modern graphic novels.

What's more, Supercrash is not a slim edition - it's a weighty tome worth savouring over several sittings and after much contemplation, lives up to repeat reads.

I can't wait for whatever he tackles next.
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3.0 out of 5 starsAn interesting historical commentary, marred by a number of political points relating to the UK.
By Amazon Customer on 8 Mar. 2016
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I first came across Ayn Rand in the 1970s, when her philosophy appeared a stark relief to the policies being pursued in the UK and elsewhere, of government control of company profit margins (taking industry to the brink of bankruptcy), and draconian personal taxation (with Dennis Healey promising to make the pips squeak for those investing in property). Not surprisingly, many people left the UK, with some to return later, when they felt a more sympathetic government came to power at the end of the decade. Supercrash brings out well the links between Rand and Greenspan, and the errors made in government regulation of the financial industry, contributing to the financial crash of 2008.
The final third of the book makes a number of political points, such as the supposed attempts by the UK government to dismantle the welfare state, ignoring the fact that UK government debt as a proportion of national income has continued to rise to unprecedented levels this decade, and is now around double the percentage earlier regarded as acceptable to financial commentators.
Any parallels between Ukip in the UK and Tea-party groups in the US, now appears rather far-fetched, though the comments on US right-wing politics is helpful in providing some background to the extraordinary rise in popularity of Trump, and his efforts to highjack the US Republican party.
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4.0 out of 5 starsIlluminating and thought provoking.
By Grognard on 11 Jan. 2015
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This book provides a summary of the 2008 economic crash and the causes that lead up to it. It also provides a summary of the life of Ayn Rand and makes a case that the influence of her life philosophy on American politicians and financiers significantly contributed to the social attitudes that created the appropriate conditions for the crash to happen. Indeed, many of these attitudes continue to be exhibited today.

I am struck by the effectiveness of Cunningham's use of the cartoon strip/graphic novel as a medium for conveying complex ideas and with this book he must be put in the same class as Larry Gonick and Art Spiegelman, I found his explanation of Derivatives and their use and abuse by the banking industry, masterful.

This book points up a lot of the hypocrisy in the attitudes of both politicians and financiers both pre and post crash and is worth reading, You may not agree with all that Cunningham says but he is provocative and makes points worthy of serious consideration, especially within the context of an upcoming UK election. I did not feel that I had wasted my time or money.

I bought this in the Kindle edition and in this case found, for once, that the graphic medium did not lose significantly in being read on the Kindle. The bold graphics and texts may be in shades of grey, but they are completely readable on a Paperwhite and the page presentation was not disrupted in any way.
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5.0 out of 5 starsComplex issues explained with remarkable conciseness and clarity
By R. S. Holland on 15 Nov. 2014
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The way Darryl Cunningham has condensed all these complex financial issues into clear and concise explanations is an extraordinary achievement. Supercrash is clever, it's witty and it remains focused on its narrative with an unwavering eye. It carries an important message and yet remains remarkably balanced considering the author's undoubted position on the subject. I am so much better informed after reading this book. The 'cartoon' format works surprsingly well and helped keep me engaged on what was necessarily dry information. I can't recommend Supercrash highly enough, especially if, like me, you don't understand the financial world and are still puzzling over 'what the hell happened?' and 'what the hell is going on?' Supercrash will make it clear and maybe that understanding will give you some hope that things can be changed, like it has me.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBrilliant and shocking all at once
By Niall McCrohan on 30 July 2015
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It's a brilliant comic. It condenses down the driving factors behind the crash, along with what exactly happened and why perfectly. By the end of it I can only hope that anyone else would feel as angry as I do right now about the morally bankrupt state of the finial sector the world over. Filthy swines.
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