From the author of the modern business classic The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a damning indictment of latestage capitalismand the leaders that were brutally unprepared for a global pandemic.In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic made it painfully clear that governments across the world could not adequately protect their citizens. Millions of people suffered and died in just two years, while administrations around the globe blundered prizewinning economists overlooked devastating tradeoffs from the collapse of trade and elites escaped to isolated retreats, unaffected by and worse, even profiting from the worst healthcare crisis to hit humanity in decades.In this pageturning economic, political and financial history, veteran journalists Bethany McClean and Joseph Nocera analyse the American response to the pandemic as a case study, to offer fresh and provocative answers. With lasersharp reporting and deep sourcing, they investigate what really happened when governments ran out of PPE due to snarled supply chains and the shock to the financial system when the worlds biggest economies stumbled. They zero in on the effectiveness of wildly polarised approaches across states, and they trace why thousands died in hollowedout hospital systems and nursing homes run by private equity firms, all in the name of "maximising shareholder value".The Big Fail is an expansive, gripping narrative account on what the pandemic did to one economy, and how it forced us to question the...

Binding: Paperback;448 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: JFFC; Weight: 666 g; Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 36

Something not quite right? You have 28 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.