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內容簡介 2014年全球非現金交易量已正式超越現金交易量,南韓甚至計畫在2020年不再使用現金,西元前600年開始的現金付費體系,即將在不久的未來消失。你可曾想過,改變我們生活型態與方式的決策從何而來?讓英國調查記者Jacques Peretti揭開這些秘密交易的布幕,一探究竟。本書從與我們生活息息相關的各個面向切入,不管是金錢、食物、工作、醫藥、賦稅、科技,那些使我們的生活做了大幅度轉向的政策,是政客在議會商議討論的結果,還是檯面下人物握手達成的協議?透過本書作者的觀點,讀者將訝異於改變世界的各種決策與交易,時常發生在企業的董事會、高爾夫球場、豪華房車甚至高級酒吧中。主導秘密交易的人抓住人類的集體心態,他們先製造一個問題,然後把解決方案賣給我們,使我們在不知不覺間接受了他們的決策,改變了我們的生活方式。'A revelatory book' John Lewis-Stempel'The book to read' GQWhat if the way we understand our world is wrong? What if it isn't politicians and events that shape our lives, but secret deals made by people you've never heard of?This book tells the story of the secret deals that are changing the world, and revolutionizing everything we do, including money, the food we eat, what we buy, and the drugs we take to stay well. These deals never make the news: they are made high up in boardrooms, on golf courses, and in luxury cars: each sealed by world-changing handshakes. This is the story of those handshakes.