{"title":"Books by Mervyn King","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780349140674","title":"The End of Alchemy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fearless and important book . . . \u003ci\u003eThe End of Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just an elegant guide to the history of economic ideas. It also gives a genuine insider's account' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe past twenty years saw unprecedented growth and stability followed by the worst financial crisis the industrialised world has ever witnessed.  In the space of little more than a year what had been seen as the age of wisdom was viewed as the age of foolishness. Almost overnight, belief turned into incredulity.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Most accounts of the recent crisis focus on the symptoms and not the underlying causes of what went wrong. But those events, vivid though they remain in our memories, comprised only the latest in a long series of financial crises since our present system of commerce became the cornerstone of modern capitalism. \u003ci\u003eAlchemy\u003c\/i\u003e explains why, ultimately, this was and remains a crisis not of banking - even if we need to reform the banking system - nor of policy-making - even if mistakes were made - but of ideas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this refreshing and vitally important book, former governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King - an actor in this drama - proposes revolutionary new concepts to answer the central question: are money and banking a form of Alchemy or are they the Achilles heel of a modern capitalist economy?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201678573746,"sku":"9780349140674","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349140674_a8a77a48-14db-4962-979d-b62744055a41.jpg?v=1786013398"},{"product_id":"9780349143996","title":"Radical Uncertainty","description":"'A brilliant new book' Daily Telegraph'Well written . . . and often entertaining'The Times'A sparkling analysis'ProspectWhen uncertainty is all around us, and the facts are not clear, how can we make good decisions?We do not know what the future will hold, particularly in the midst of a crisis, but we must make decisions anyway. We regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have, forgetting that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly. Throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives.   This incisive and eye-opening book draws on biography, history, mathematics, economics and philosophy to highlight the most successful - and most short-sighted - methods of dealing with an unknowable future. Ultimately, the authors argue, the prevalent method of our age falls short, giving us a false understanding of our power to make predictions, leading to many of the problems we experience today.   Tightly argued, provocative and written with wit and flair, Radical Uncertainty is at once an exploration of the limits of numbers and a celebration of human instinct and wisdom.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311712514421,"sku":"9780349143996","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349143996_e9707a2f-86fe-4db1-9109-4cfe4bc903e7.jpg?v=1786013527"},{"product_id":"out-of-the-shadows-1","title":"Out of the Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on Lord King's ten years spent as Governor of the Bank of England. With unparalleled access, drawing on his notes, records, and diary entries, Lord King provides us with his reflections on the financial crisis of 2008, how we got there from 'the Great Stability' of 1990 to 2007, and where we might be headed in this period of uncertainty and geopolitical fragmentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtilising lessons from both history and personal experience, Lord King provides the intellectual framework by which we can set about reducing financial and political crises. Along the way, he considers questions central to our global financial predicament: how should central banks assist compromised banks? Do we need the IMF? Why did the global financial crisis benefit populist parties internationally? There is no one more qualified to provide answers to these questions\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57682718720373,"sku":"9781408745403","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57680307159413,"sku":"9781408745397","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mervyn-king.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}