A brilliantly readable account, based on exceptional access, of the transformation of the old Quaker bank into a hardcharging capitalist adventurer ... both a thriller and a reminder that business is fascinating because all human life is there John Plender, Financial TimesBased on unparalleled access to those involved, and told with compelling pace and drama, The Bank that Lived a Little describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britains biggest financial institutions. In a tale of feuds, grandiose dreams and a struggle for supremacy between rival strategies and their adherents, Philip Augar gives a riveting account of Barclays journey from an old Quaker bank to a fullthrottle capitalist machine. The disagreement between those ambitious for Barclays to join the top table of global banks, and those preferring a smaller domestic role more in keeping with the banks traditions, cost three chief executives their jobs and continues to divide opinion within Barclays, the City and beyond.This is an extraordinary corporate thriller, which among much else describes how Barclays came to buy Lehman Brothers for a bargain price in 2008, why it was so keen to avoid taking government funding during the financial crisis, and the price shareholders have paid for a decade of barely controlled ambition. But Augar also shows how Barclays experiences are a paradigm for Britains social and economic life over thirty years, which saw the City move from the edge of the economy to...

Binding: Paperback;448 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: KCZ; Weight: 472 g; Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 27

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