How to Speak Money: What the Money People Say-And What It Really Means

“One of the world’s great explainers of the financial crisis and its aftermath.”—Michael LewisTo those who don’t speak it, the language of money can seem impenetrable and its ideas too complex to grasp. In How to Speak Money, John Lanchester—author of the New York Times best-selling book on the financial crisis, I.O.U.—bridges the gap between the money people and the rest of us.With characteristic wit and candor, Lanchester reveals how the world of finance really works: from the terms and condit…