Preface

Cast your mind back a few years to 2009. What were you up to? How old were you? Economically speaking, in 2009 the world was still reeling from the effects of the financial crisis of the previous year. Countries were going into recession and Barack Obama was beginning his first year in office as President of the United States. Meanwhile Donald Trump, a businessman and presenter of the reality TV show The Apprentice, joined Twitter, three years after its launch. In sport, Leicester City were having a good season in League One – the third tier of English football.

A lot has changed, hasn't it?

In the early part of 2009 I was finishing the first edition of this book before its publication later that year. However, writing is not my main ...

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