How Do We Fix This Mess? The Economic Price of Having it all, and the Route to Lasting Prosperity

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Review ------ Robert Peston's compelling account of global financial meltdown is a must-read... His discursive, conversational but entrancingly fact-studded trip around the disaster zone ought to be mandatory reading for anyone who wants to have a voice in where we go from here. (Observer) HOW DO WE FIX THIS MESS? is the book of the film and more... brought to life by war stories from the BBC, simple analogies and colourful language... he does know how to elucidate apparently impenetrable issues, and he guides us intelligently and entertainingly... readable and thought-provoking. (Financial Times) Robert Peston is not so much a journalist as a phenomenon... And now he has managed to fit in a book... that displays his gargantuan appetite for facts, numbers and economic and financial history... Peston's range is dazzling.... Peston is a BBC treasure - one of the journalists who justify the licence fee. If, every few years, he needs to breathe out and write a long book, we should encourage it. As they used to say in the pre-Twitter age, he knows his stuff. (New Statesman) 'compelling reading'. (Chris Mullin The Observer) Reads like a wildly implausible financial thriller. (Independent) Lucid explanations... stark analysis of what the financial meltdown means for us... Peston's book is actually ier than most descriptions I've read of the crisis. It goes way beyond Wall Street and City greed in its . (Evening Standard) He is good on the follies of the bankers... He is also good on the detail. Anybody who wants to know what a collateralised debt obligation or a credit default swap is will find it here. (Sunday Times) Essential reading... an excellent expose of the financial crisis. (Sunday Telegraph) Brilliant. I now understand everything. (Giles Coren) Robert Peston was the voice of the financial crisis, just as Terry Wogan will forever be the voice of the Eurovision Song Contest. Vocal tics and all, he's now an official national treasure. (Spectator) Book Description ---------------- How on earth did the world get into such a catastrophic economic mess? And more importantly, how can we not make the same mistake twice?