{"product_id":"9781399728287-generation-desperation","title":"Generation Desperation","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe must-read memoir of trading your way to a million dollars via Robinhood and WallStreetBets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable story of how one man made a million dollars in online trading and lost it overnight - from the voice of a generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne man's journey into the depths of Reddit trading forums chasing the promise of a 'better life': a must-read follow-up for viewers of Louis Theroux's \u003ci\u003eInto the Manosphere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fantastically compelling personal story that is also the story of a generation . Told with perfect timing.'\u003c\/b\u003e - SIMON KUPER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Searing insights into the challenges of coming of age in the 21st century . an instructive tale about a smart young man looking to grow up in the precariousness of our time.' \u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eBLOOMBERG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS FEATURED IN THE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAFTER THE RISE, THERE COMES A FALL.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2020, Alexander Hurst was 29 years old and broke, living as a writer in a cramped Paris flatshare. There were murmurs that a global pandemic was coming. Financial stability seemed unattainable, so far removed from his reality - the reality of the generation who came of age during the 2008 financial crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a whim, he poured his meagre savings into highly risky options trading. Within a year this small set of stocks was worth $1.2 million. Enough to turn his life on its head - but not in the way he had imagined, as he began a slow-motion descent into losing it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn exploring Alexander's remarkable rise and fall from wealth, \u003ci\u003eGeneration Desperation\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with the vital questions of our age: what do class and status mean in a late-stage capitalist society? Can everyone really build the life they want? Or is there a cost to pursuing money above everything?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeneration Desperation \u003c\/i\u003eis an urgent, unmissable fable for our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Has an appealing timelessness .   Hurst weaves the personal and the generational together with seamless ease in a thrilling book.' - SEB EMINA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A riveting, tender, and painfully timely epic about what really matters.' - ANGELICA FERRARA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Clever and brutally honest.' - LINDSEY TRAMUTA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56402914902390,"sku":"9781399728287","price":18.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38986372_6cc97907-f1ec-4dde-90f6-6a228ba822f0.jpg?v=1765994846","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399728287-generation-desperation","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}