THE GODS THAT FAILED: HOW BLIND FAITH IN MARKETS HAS COST US OUR FUTURE

Book ID/图书代码： 11320008B22122

English Summary/英文概要： In Britain and the United States a very strange sect has seized power. They believe that we can all reach financial paradise, if only certain sacrifices are made. There must be deregulation, there must be privatization, and markets must be left unmolested, the better to perform their magic. Democratic governments, unions and professionals will all have to accept that there is no alternative. Meanwhile job security, affordable houses and decent public services must wither away in the white heat of financial engineering.
A new class has been presiding over this wonderland - the New Olympians. Since the late forties they have been planning their next move in mountaintop meetings that would make Ian Fleming blanch. Now private jets take them where they want to go as they tell the world the good news.
But, in the wake of the Northern Rock collapse and the credit crunch, good news is in short supply. In this hilarious and shocking expose Elliott and Atkinson reveal the dogma that has brought us to the brink of disaster, and show us how to escape from the coils of faith-based thinking. The New Olympians have already done huge damage on both sides of the Atlantic.Miners, farmers and industrial workers have so far suffered most. But as market forces bear down on health, education and the professions, the middle classes are starting to feel the squeeze.
此書相關網站http://www.thegodsthatfailed.co.uk/

此書相關文章：
The Guardian
The gods of greed , June 2 2008
How Britain’s middle class was betrayed The Guardian, June 3 2008
The fightback starts here The Guardian, June 4 2008

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 當全球自由經濟市場面臨解體，塑造出來的經濟神話不再，住在天堂的超富天神紛紛摔下，全球經濟體系將走向何方?!

長期以來歐美的自由市場經濟主義主宰整個世界，塑造了一群神話裡住在奧林巴斯山上(Olympus)的天神。這群擁有權力的天神搭乘豪華噴射客機四處洽商，從天堂俯瞰世界。但其實這樣的自由市場經濟對世界造成許多不良的後果，害者是底層的工人、農人甚至一般的中產階級也難以倖免。
然而當好景不再，接二連三地經濟問題湧現，二次房貸、全世界的金融危機、連冰島也傳出面臨國家破產，過多的銀行、大型企業等等逐漸拖垮經濟體系。在英國《衛報》與《星期日郵報》（The Mail on Sunday）擔任經濟編輯的Larry Elliott與Dan Atkinson，試圖戳破由這群超富階層的天神們所構築出來的經濟信仰假象，應該要建構新的經濟模式，不再只是以企業利益導向、全面民營化、風險趨避為中心概念，而應該回歸至一般民眾的利益。（VC）

Awards/获奖情况：Rights Sold as of 08-10-7:
- Japanese rights to PHP
- US rights to Nation Books
*UK sales figures exceed 10,000 copies/ Vicky/08-10-7

Daily Telegraph---’Well written and witty’
Financial Times---’Engagingly written’
Observer, William Keegan---’The arrogance of the view that the boom and bust cycle had been abolished, and the inevitability of the bust are vividly brought out’

About the Author/作者介绍： Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson are Economics Editors of the Guardian and the Mail on Sunday respectively. They are the co-authors of Fantasy Island and The Age of Insecurity.
在英國《衛報》與《星期日郵報》（The Mail on Sunday）擔任經濟編輯Larry Elliott與Dan Atkinson，合著有《夢幻島》(Fantasy Island) 與《不安全的時代》(The Age of Insecurity, 商務2001)。

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