{"product_id":"greatest-trade-ever","title":"Greatest Trade Ever","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The definitive account of a sensational trade'' Michael Lewis, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAutumn 2008. The world''s finances collapse but one man makes a killing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Paulson, a softly spoken hedge-fund manager who still took the bus to work, seemed unlikely to stake his career on one big gamble. But he did - and \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Trade Ever\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how he realised that the sub-prime housing bubble was going to burst, making $15 Billion for his fund and more than $4 Billion for himself in a single year. It''s a tale of folly and wizardry, individual brilliance versus institutional stupidity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Paulson made the biggest winning bet in history. And this is how he did it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Extraordinary, excellent'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A must-read for anyone fascinated by financial madness'' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A forensic, read-in-one-sitting book'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Simply terrific. Easily the best of the post-crash financial books'' Malcolm Gladwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A great page-turner and a great illuminator of the market''s crash'' John Helyar, author of \u003ci\u003eBarbarians at the Gate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312039666046,"sku":"NW9780141043159","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141043159.jpg?v=1778235758","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/greatest-trade-ever","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}