Philip Coggan is a former Economist and Financial Times journalist. In 2009, he was voted Senior Financial Journalist of the Year in the Wincott awards and best communicator in the Business Journalist of the Year Awards. Among his books are The Money Machine; The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds; the highly acclaimed More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy and Surviving the Daily Grind.
Praise for Paper Promises: By far the best analysis of the ""new normal"" * Financial Times * An excellent book ... a smart and witty analysis of the current economic storm, set in the context of the history of money * Times * A remarkable book from one of the most respected economics journalists on the planet. Every page brings a fresh insight or a new surprise -- Tim Harford, author of 'The Undercover Economist' The most illuminating account of the financial crisis to appear to date * New Statesman *