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From the author of the modern business classic The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a damning indictment of latestage capitalismand the leaders that were brutally unprepared for a global pandemic

In 2020 the coronavirus pandemic made it painfully clear that governments across the world could not adequately protect their citizens Millions of people suffered and died in just two years while administrations around the globe blundered prizewinning economists overlooked devastating tradeoffs from the collapse of trade and elites escaped to isolated retreats unaffected by and worse even profiting from the worst healthcare crisis to hit humanity in decades

In this pageturning economic political and financial history veteran journalists Bethany McClean and Joseph Nocera analyse the American response to the pandemic as a case study to offer fresh and provocative answers With lasersharp reporting and deep sourcing they investigate what really happened when governments ran out of PPE due to snarled supply chains and the shock to the financial system when the worlds biggest economies stumbled They zero in on the effectiveness of wildly polarised approaches across states and they trace why thousands died in hollowedout hospital systems and nursing homes run by private equity firms all in the name of maximising shareholder value

The Big Fail is an expansive gripping narrative account on what the pandemic did to one economy and how it forced us to question the fundamental principles of our society

2023 Bethany McLean amp Joe Nocera P2023 Penguin Audio