Reckless

A meticulously researched history of the City under New Labour. This is a good and eloquently written book...refreshingly non-judgemental

Literary Review

On the money. The City's staggering fall from grace is neatly summed up by a former investment banker

Sunday Times

A compelling story of how the City came to be regarded as the jewel in Britain's economic crown... yet was fundamnetally flawed...and became a byword for greed and complacency

Financial Times

Clear about the causes, Augar is also clear about the solutions

Evening Standard

Excellent

Jonathan Davis, Financial Times

Niggling away in his opening chapters is a question I believe will produce unforgiving verdicts from future historians: how could a Labour government let this happen?

Nick Cohen, Thefirstpost.com

This is a useful contribution to the growing literature about the biggest financial crisis for decades

David Smith, The Sunday Times

[a] compelling and readable history that will enable the reader to make sense of the collapse of confidence that started in 2007 and became the Credit Crunch

www.suite101.com

Augar is a former city man with the rare ability to take the reader through the complexities of high finance.

Nick Cohen, Observer