How to Speak Money

<p>Money is our global language. Yet so few of us can speak it. The language of the economic elite can be complex, jargon-filled and completely baffling. Above all, the language of money is the language of power - power in the hands of the same economic elite.<br>Now John Lanchester, bestselling author of <i>Capital</i> and <i>Whoops! </i>sets out to decode the world of finance for all of us, explaining everything from high-frequency trading and the World Bank to the difference between bullshit and nonsense.<br><br>As funny as it is devastating, <i>How To Speak Money</i> is a primer and a polemic. It''s a reference book you''ll find yourself reading in one sitting. And it gives you everything you need to demystify the world of high finance - the world that dominates how we all live now.</p>