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A Novel of Guilt, Greed & Globalization
by David Woo, Margalit Shinar
A novel of nine linked parables about globalization, ambition, hope, love, and greed spanning two decades and eight countries.
Merry-Go-Round Broke Down is a genre-breaking novel that explores globalization's "butterfly effect": how choices made in one corner of the world ignited an unstoppable chain of consequences that upended lives across continents.
Fall 2008. The Waldorf Astoria New York. Two armed men storm the hotel's famed bar and hold the occupants hostage: an American corporate raider, a Chinese tycoon, a British hedge fund manager, a Japanese housewife-turned-celebrity, a Mexican undocumented worker, a Wall Street bond salesman, and a Norwegian environmentalist.
Who are these terrorists? What do they want? And what ties them to their captives?
Merry-Go-Round Broke Down is a genre-breaking novel that explores globalization's "butterfly effect": how choices made in one corner of the world ignited an unstoppable chain of consequences that upended lives across continents.
"A timely portrait of a world bound together by the pursuit of profit." —Kirkus Reviews
"An ambitious thriller with rich characterizations and a heart-pounding pace, Merry-Go-Round Broke Down also offers a stark, on-the-ground vision of globalization's devastation." —Publishers Weekly
"You might think that it would be impossible to write a novel that helps the reader put her arms around the complex issues raised by globalization. Yet, David Woo and Margalit Shinar have done precisely this. The result is most engaging and insightful. It is also one that even globalization experts such as myself can profit from." —Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor of economics and law at Columbia University, author of In Defense of Globalization
"Merry-Go-Round Broke Down depicts the key socio-economic developments of the last quarter-century. It brings to life the people who put them into effect, as well as those who were affected by them. Few were untouched." —Howard Marks, the co-founder and co-CEO of Oaktree Capital and international best-selling author of The Most Important Thing
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David Woo is a renowned global macro strategist, widely recognized for his bold and prescient calls on some of the biggest economic, political, and geopolitical stories over the past quarter century. Bloomberg called him "one of the most outspoken voices on Wall Street," while Business Insider named him among "the twelve smartest people on Wall Street." His views have shaped debates across markets, policy circles, and the global media.
David began his career at the International Monetary Fund before going on to hold senior positions at Bank of America, Barclays Capital, and Citigroup. He earned a PhD in economics from Columbia University and a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Tufts University.
A true product of globalization, David was born in Pittsburgh, raised in Taiwan, and educated in the United States. His career has taken him from Washington DC to London and New York. He is fluent in English, Chinese, and French.
Margalit Shinar is an architect. Margalit was born in New York, the daughter of French émigrés. She has a master's degree in art history from Tufts University and a bachelor of arts in architecture from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. She has edited a history book on ancient Israel. She is fluent in English, French, Hebrew, and Italian.
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