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The Power of Yes

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David Hare

Published by Faber & Faber

On 15 September 2008, capitalism came to a grinding halt

As sub-prime mortgages and toxic securities continued to dominate the headlines well into 2009, the UK's National Theatre asked David Hare to write an urgent and immediate work that sought to find out what had happened, and why

Capitalism works when greed and fear are in the correct balance

This time they got out of balance - too much greed, not enough fear

Meeting with many of the key players from the financial world, David Hare has created a compelling narrative, as enlightening as it is entertaining

Not so much a play as a jaw-dropping account of how, as the banks went bust, capitalism was replaced by a socialism that bailed out the rich alone

"It's like a ship which you're being told is in apple-pie order, the decks are cleaned, the metal is burnished, the only thing nobody mentions, it's being driven at full speed towards an iceberg"

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