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<p>In <em>Money Market Mayhem</em>, David Buik takes readers inside the high-stakes, fast-evolving world of the City of London, offering a candid and often irreverent account of a career spent at the heart of global finance. </p><p></p>
Are you a total failure at work? Do you struggle with simple tasks like using the phrase ‘moving forward’ in every email? Have you never used the word ‘synergies’ in a LinkedIn post? You need ‘Wankernomics’. Picture the scene. You’re sitting in a meeting at work. Your colleagues are deep in serious discussion. Terry says he wants an end-to-end, digital-first solution by COB Friday. Fiona says she’ll have to take that offline and circle back later. And then quite suddenly, you catch yourself thinking, ‘hang on – what the f*ck are they talking about?’ Like, seriously, what do those words even mean? This work is for anyone who has ever been told to reach out, touch base, drill down, or optimise their ducks on the same song sheet. It will help you navigate workplace hell like a boss.
Both a revelatory, insight-filled playbook for doing business in China and a probing look at why the country, despite the challenges it faces, still possesses unrivalled prospects for growth and entrepreneurial opportunity – by two leaders who, over the course of decades, have taken turns helming McKinsey’s China-based management consulting.
The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to take on a new authoritarian axis-Russia, China, and Iran.