Debts, Deficits and Dilemmas book by Zanny Minton Beddoes

More than half a decade has passed since the 2007-08 global financial crisis plunged the world economy into its worst downturn since the 1930s. Yet the aftermath of the crash still casts a pall over the global economy.

Debts, Deficits and Dilemmas explains what actually happened, and how it has shaped today's economic debates, including:

*Who and what caused the financial crisis
*Why debt it hard to manage
*Whether fiscal stimulus or budget austerity is the better route to recovery
*What central banks should do when interest rates are close to zero
*How banks can be made safer without stifling lending.

This concise and crisp analysis will be invaluable to those in government, business and finance, as well as to students and anyone interested in how the global economy got into its current state, and how it can recover.