Philip Coggan: 4 books
The Last Vote
The Threats to Western Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
The Last Vote is a wake-up call showing why we cannot afford to take democracy for granted, from Philip Coggan, award-winning author of Paper Promises and The Money Machine
Can we afford to take democracy for granted? It's now so much a part of our lives that we could be forgiven for thinking...
The Money Machine
How the City Works
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
What happens in the City has never affected us more
In this excellent guide, now fully revised and updated, leading financial journalist Philip Coggan cuts through the headlines, the scandals and the jargon to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial system.
What causes the pound to rise...
Paper Promises
Debt, Money, and the New World Order
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Longlisted for the 2012 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award
For the past forty years western economies have splurged on debt. Now, as the reality dawns that many debts cannot be repaid, we find ourselves again in crisis. But the oncoming defaults have a time-worn...
Guide to Hedge Funds
What they are, what they do, their risks, their advantages
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
In 1990 hedge funds managed some 39 billion of assets and were almost unknown. By 2008 that figure had grown to almost 2 trillion and hedge funds were being blamed by some for contributing to the credit crunch and demonised by others for their greed. The rise of the industry has created a new bunch...