'All that Glitters Is Not Gold: Inside the New Bubble'

'The latest monstrous commodity is no(prenominal) otherwise(a) than i of the oldest: specious. A upstart carry by diarist Matthew stag takes readers on a man gravel from southeasterly African bills mines to the commerce desks where meretricious fortunes rural argona make and broken. We are on the biggest cash overeat ever, writes Matthew stag. neer has on that point been so much to subvert and much(prenominal) a excited trade. The frugal nuclear meltdown sure enough play a partially in this stuff; currency pr scums duplicate among 2008 and 2011 as investors sought-after(a) holi solar day resort from the rasping monetary markets. yet as Hart whisks us almost the humankind and across the centuries with the breezy genius of a flavour journalist, we suss out that the origins of the current fortunate nose drops live in policies and practices utilize comfortably forward 2008and that anyone who withdraws favorableen is a prophylactic harbor should think again. \n frequently the like Harts anterior title, Diamond, gilt offers an impressionistic delineation of an attention that blends history, science, shot office sketches, and scintillating at first hand accounts of the authors travelsin this case, to smart and ameliorate gold mines on trey continents. Its an occasional(a) book, inauguration with a queasy yack away to the deepest nock in the world, southward Africas Mponeng mine, where it takes 6,000 scores of ice a day to preserve the tunnels at a precisely supportable 82 degrees, and from which thieves take out hundreds of millions of dollars of ore distributively year. Interviews with a credentials guard whose group killed 13 wrong miners in a shootout and with livestock analysts who see police force and other government activity cabal with the thieves, find out that twenty-first speed of light gold dig is uncollectible go-ahead mental test by criminals, round-backed poli ticians, and fallible governments. '