Crash of 79

A financial thriller that imagines a scenario of imminent global economic crisis. The novel follows a Swiss banker and other characters involved in complex financial operations as they try to anticipate and profit from the predicted economic collapse.

Published in the 1970s, the book reflects the anxieties of the time about monetary instability and offers an engaging narrative that mixes financial speculation with personal drama and international conspiracies.

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Carlos SlimBusinessman and investor · Grupo Carso, América Móvil

”It describes the crisis of the seventies.”

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