The Fearful Rise of Markets: Global Bubbles, Synchronized Meltdowns, and How to Prevent Them in the Future

Acknowledgments

I submitted the manuscript for this book on the twentieth anniversary of my first day at the Financial Times, so I must first acknowledge my debt to the news organization where I have spent all my working life. I learned substantially all that I know about the world of investment during my career at the Financial Times, which has involved living in three countries, traveling to many more, and reporting on many of the events in this book.

I learned much from all the many colleagues with whom I have worked, and I am grateful to all of them. I thank Lionel Barber, Martin Dickson, and Daniel Bogler for allowing me the time off needed to finish this book. Keith Fray, the Financial Times deputy head of statistics who suffers daily ...