A Vida e a Morte dos Nossos Bancos

Synopsis of A Vida e a Morte dos Nossos Bancos

«A Vida e a Morte dos Nossos Bancos» is Helena Garrido's essay on the Portuguese banking crisis, published by Edições Contraponto in paperback (215 pages, in Portuguese).

The work analyzes the Portuguese financial crisis, addressing how uncontrolled credit over a decade and a half turned bankers, businessmen and politicians into protagonists of a spiral of debt. It examines the disappearance of several banks and clients' money, reconstructs meetings and financial operations, and tries to answer where millions of euros went.

Helena Garrido has been a journalist specializing in economics and finance since 1986. The book includes bibliographical references.