{"product_id":"meltdown-7","title":"Mavin Duncan: Meltdown [2025]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stark warning to all of us about what happens when we let bankers do what they like'\u003c\/b\u003e - Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eButler to the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eScandal after scandal\u003c\/b\u003e' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA corporate horror story\u003c\/b\u003e' - \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the story behind Credit Suisse, from its scandal-ridden history to its explosive collapse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the thrilling expose of the scandal and empty hubris that keep our biggest banks alive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 166-year-old bastion of Swiss banking, Credit Suisse was among the most important and influential financial institutions in the world - but a veneer of high-class service disguised a darker, dirtier reality. From its sterile Zurich headquarters, the bank catered to a clientele that included dictators, drug dealers and former Nazi officers, and helped fleece its own clients out of billions of dollars. This continued for decades, even as Credit Suisse continued to expand and grant its own executives lucrative bonus contracts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeltdown\u003c\/i\u003e is the fascinating history of how the house of cards fell apart. Bloomberg investigative journalist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePyramid of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, Duncan Mavin takes readers inside the bank's hushed marble corridors, detailing its secretive culture, its unrelenting human ambition, and the series of increasingly selfish decisions, made by a handful of men at the top, which ultimately led to disaster.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA riveting autopsy of how one of banking's titans gradually, then suddenly, crumbled under the weight of its own misdeeds'\u003c\/b\u003e - Bradley Hope, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBillion Dollar Whale \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlood and Oil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This financial thriller of a book offers a tantalising glimpse into the rot at the heart of one of the world's most powerful banks' \u003c\/b\u003e- Parmy Olson, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are Anonymous \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSupremacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We're used by now to bankers behaving badly, but Duncan Mavin takes it to another shocking, anger-inducing level. Credit Suisse stood for propriety, but he shows this to be a total fabrication' \u003c\/b\u003e- Chris Blackhurst, former editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/i\u003eand bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eToo Big to Jail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping story of power, greed and panic, and a humbling reminder of the enormous cost of capitalism going awry' \u003c\/b\u003e- Josie Cox, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen, Money and Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duncan Mavin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51323586380115,"sku":"9781035037506","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/duncan-mavin-mavin-duncan-meltdown-2025-9781035037506-1176387772.jpg?v=1751591477","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/meltdown-7","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}