Confused by the credit crunch? JC columnist and Daily Mail City editor Alex Brummer helps explain all in his latest publication, The Crunch: The Scandal of Northern Rock and the Escalating Credit Crisis.
In it, he traces the course of the recent financial crisis from its origins in the US subprime market to its impact on the international scene. And you don't have to be a financial whiz to understand it.
"It's an easy read for your Aunt Goldie," says Mr Brummer, who took just three months to write it. "I think I am fortunate because I have good access to all the players, good contacts in the financial world, and everyone was keen to tell their side of the story."
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