Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, Rbs and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy

Making It Happen: Fred Goodwin, Rbs and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy by Martin, Iain. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781471113543.

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-09-12 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Based on more than 80 interviews and with access to diaries and papers kept by those at the heart of the meltdown. this is the definitive. extraordinary account of how the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland tipped Britain into its deepest economic downturn in decades The collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). which had to be bailed out by the taxpayer in the financial crisis of October 2008. played a leading role in tipping Britain into its deepest economic downturn in seven decades. The economy shrank. bank lending froze. hundreds of thousands lost their jobs. living standards are still falling. and Britons will be paying higher taxes for decades to pay the clean -up bill. How on earth had a small Scottish bank grown so quickly to become a global financial giant that could...